No, Los Angeles mayor didn’t decline New York City’s offer to help fight wildfires
New York City lacks forest fire-certified personnel, but offered other aid to California, according to New York City Mayor ...
What Los Angeles Can Learn From Another Great American City That Burned
Chicago’s remarkable renewal after its own legendary disaster offers reassurance and lessons for how Los Angeles can recover.
The Los Angeles fires expose a web of governments, weak by design
The question of who is in charge is testimony to the diffusion and, at times, dysfunction that make up the core DNA of the ...
Hughes Fire rages outside Los Angeles as new wildfire erupts near busy 405 Freeway
Firefighters in Southern California conducted another fierce wildfire fight on Wednesday and into Thursday morning.
Los Angeles Is Starring in an All-Too-Real Disaster Story
A reporter, an L.A. native, has watched movies and TV destroy her hometown for years, but nothing can prepare someone for ...
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Memo to Big-City Progressives: Get Back to Basics
When those basics are working well, urban leaders can look to do more. But right now, we are far from that point, either in reality or public perception. Many cities in America are financially ...
America’s worst traffic isn’t in Los Angeles. These cities are worse
Los Angeles might have a bad rap when it comes to commute times, but new data from GPS technology experts TomTom found it’s not even the worst city in the U.S. when it comes to ...
Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag sue city of Los Angeles after losing home in Palisades Fire
The “Hills” alums claim LA’s water supply infrastructure “presented an inherent danger and risk of fire to private property.” ...
Should some parts of Los Angeles never rebuild?
The fires in and around Los Angeles are coming under control. The city’s mayor has already issued an executive order to speed ...
LA mayor attended a cocktail party while the city burned. Hold her accountable. | Opinion
When the covenant between taxpayers and their leaders is broken, as it was this month in Los Angeles, public officials need ...
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No, Los Angeles mayor didn’t decline New York City’s offer to help fight wildfires
Several VERIFY readers asked us if it’s true that the Los Angeles mayor declined New York City’s offer to send firefighters to California, as some headlines have claimed. Officials in ...