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![A couple in full protective gear sits near a burned home]()
![A couple in full protective gear sits near a burned home]()
How the Eaton Fire destroyed a delicate truce over Altadena’s future
A plan to build badly needed housing — and prevent future fires — may soon go up in smoke.
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![Aerial view of Puget Sound and city of Seattle, with mountains in background]()
![Aerial view of Puget Sound and city of Seattle, with mountains in background]()
In Seattle, advocacy groups pitch ‘social housing’ as a climate solution
Mixed-income affordable housing can cut emissions and boost equity, they argue.
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![A man in a white jump suit and blue hard helmet stands in the remains of house that burned down and next to a burned out car]()
![A man in a white jump suit and blue hard helmet stands in the remains of house that burned down and next to a burned out car]()
Maui’s post-wildfire housing crisis offers a warning for Los Angeles
After wildfires devastated the island, homelessness spiked. Advocates fear L.A. could face a similar fate without strong renter protections — and enforcement.
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![An aerial view of repair vehicles passing beachfront homes that burned in the Palisades Fire in Malibu, California.]()
![An aerial view of repair vehicles passing beachfront homes that burned in the Palisades Fire in Malibu, California.]()
What Trump can (and can’t) do to disrupt Los Angeles wildfire aid
It will be hard for the president to revoke FEMA funding — but a GOP-led Congress could slow down the region’s recovery.
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![The wreckage of a burned home in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire, which destroyed more than 7,000 structures in the Altadena area of Los Angeles, California.]()
![The wreckage of a burned home in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire, which destroyed more than 7,000 structures in the Altadena area of Los Angeles, California.]()
Altadena has avoided California’s fire insurance hell. That won’t last.
As they rebuild, residents of the middle-class enclave could face steep price hikes.
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![A home is engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles, California on January 8, 2025]()
![A home is engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles, California on January 8, 2025]()
California overhauled its insurance system. Then Los Angeles caught fire.
The fires could cause more than $20 billion in damages, further straining the state’s fragile insurance market.
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![Donald Trump stands on stage during a campaign rally in Hialeah, Florida. He has won the disaster-prone state three times.]()
![Donald Trump stands on stage during a campaign rally in Hialeah, Florida. He has won the disaster-prone state three times.]()
As Trump mulls his FEMA pick, a political land mine awaits in Florida
The agency is hiking insurance rates and punishing flood-prone construction in the president-elect’s favorite state.
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![Two homeowners use buckets to bail water through the window of their flooded home.]()
![Two homeowners use buckets to bail water through the window of their flooded home.]()
New data shows just how bad the climate insurance crisis has become
Two congressional reports make clear that, with increasingly frequent hurricanes, floods, and fires, "the model of insurance as it stands right now isn't working."
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![View of the Fairview Public Library polling location in Buncombe county, North Carolina, one of 17 temporary polling sites in Buncombe rapidly established after Hurricane Helene.]()
![View of the Fairview Public Library polling location in Buncombe county, North Carolina, one of 17 temporary polling sites in Buncombe rapidly established after Hurricane Helene.]()
Your guide to housing assistance for Tennessee and North Carolina after Hurricane Helene
A look at how to navigate everything from government aid to hiring contractors to eviction notices.
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![political signs line a highway near a high, dry mountain range]()
![political signs line a highway near a high, dry mountain range]()
One issue will decide Arizona’s future. Nobody’s campaigning on it.
The fate of the state’s water depends on this election. For politicians and voters, it’s mostly an afterthought.
