Powerhouse storm moves into US, prompting evacuations in California ahead of its trek east
Incoming heavy rain from an atmospheric river-fueled storm that slammed into the West Coast early Wednesday is threatening ...
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Three Charged with Defrauding FEMA After Claiming Losses in Recent L.A. Wildfires
Two Southern Californians and a Texas woman filed FEMA claims for other people's homes that burned in the devastating ...
Inmate California firefighters could see wage increase under proposed bill
A proposed California bill could increase pay for inmate firefighters housed in county jails and state prisons. Assembly Bill 247, if approved, would require jail inmates assigned to work active ...
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Banks lean on their foundations to boost disaster recovery
Disaster relief is capturing a large share of philanthropic giving from banks such as Truist Financial and Western Alliance Bank.
California Assembly bill to dramatically raise pay for incarcerated fire crews moves forward
The bill, as it currently stands, would require incarcerated individual hand crew members from county jails to be paid an ...
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Mookie Betts’ Foundation Donates To Southern California Wildfire Relief Efforts
It’s been more than two months since the first of a series of deviating wildfires rocked Southern California, and the ...
Three accused of defrauding FEMA with fake claims of SoCal wildfire damage
The defendants filed false claims asserting that their homes had been damaged or destroyed by the Palisades and Eaton fires, ...
LPGA Tournament Sponsors Donating $6.5 Million for LA Wildfire Relief
The LPGA gears up to return to the United States, and two of its Los Angeles sponsors have promised to donate $6.5 million to ...
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California lawmakers consider legislation to give inmate firefighters a raise
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- California lawmakers are considering giving a raise to inmate firefighters under new legislation. Assembly Bill 247 aims to raise the hourly wage of inmates to $19 when they are ...
California woman reunited with cat thought to be lost in Los Angeles wildfires
Over the weekend, Kiefer got a call from the West Los Angeles Animal Shelter. Her daughter Carolyn Kiefer shared their reunion Saturday in a TikTok video that quickly garnered more than 1 million ...
Breaking: New wildfire reported in Los Angeles County on March 12
A new wildfire was reported today at 12:21 p.m. in Los Angeles County. The wildfire has been burning on private land. Currently, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of ...
Their homes burned in wildfires. Fraudsters took their disaster relief funds, feds say
Feds announced criminal charges against three people who allegedly falsely claimed their properties were destroyed in the ...