Scientific American2h
Uber Drivers Helped Evacuate L.A.—But Were Left Unprotected
Drivers for ride-hailing apps helped evacuate people during the recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area. But by classifying ...
The New Yorker8h
Inside the Fight Against a Los Angeles Inferno
The destruction in parts of Altadena, a few miles to the west of Sierra Madre, and Pacific Palisades, which had burned in a ...
How to rebuild a more fire-proof Los Angeles
In Pacific Palisades, part of the fire danger came from the fact that homes were densely packed together. If the home next ...
ArchDaily10h
The Impact of Wildfires on Building Codes: Reflections on the Recent Los Angeles Fires
Explore the impact of wildfires on architecture: fire safety codes, materials, and innovative suppression technologies for ...
California wildfires: What we know about L.A.-area fires, what caused them, who is affected and more
Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared ...
What Los Angeles can do to make its homes safer from wildfires as it rebuilds
Experts in fire mitigation and climate science said LA should use the fires as an opportunity to design more resilient ...
The Lancet2d
Wildfires and health: building resilience in Los Angeles’ climate crisis
As wildfires rage across Los Angeles (CA, USA), the region's health systems are confronting an extraordinary test, exposing vulnerabilities that demand urgent attention. The crisis has revealed not ...
The Architecturally Important Homes Lost in the L.A. Fires—and What Happens Next
Sprawling, dynamic and forever pushing the envelope, Los Angeles has always been America’s home-design dream factory.
TheDerrick.com4d
California lawmakers are big on TikTok. What happens if Trump bans the app?
When Assemblymember Alex Lee was sworn into office at age 25, he became the youngest state lawmaker in nearly a century. The self-described "Zoomer" from San José ...
16 suffer burns, injuries in methane fire at a coal mine in Poland
Doctors said Wednesday that 16 coal miners have suffered burns and injuries from a methane gas fire at a coal mine in ...
WDRB7d
New LA-area fire prompts more evacuations while over 10,000 structures lost to the 2 biggest blazes
The fast-moving Kenneth Fire ... Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said. Anthony Mitchell, a 67-year-old amputee, and his son, Justin, who had cerebral palsy, were waiting for an ambulance ...
Review: Two slackers are short on rent in ‘One of Them Days,’ an L.A. comedy with extra moxie
The Grammy-winning musician SZA makes her screen debut in this funny, shaggy comedy about two L.A. roommates and a bad ...