Rebuilding Paradise – CBS News Watch CBS News The recent wildfires in Los Angeles County destroyed thousands of homes and businesses. But residents of Paradise, Calif., who lost their homes to the devastating Camp Fire in 2018, did not give up. Correspondent Ben Tracy looks at how the community is being reborn, using building materials…
Los Angeles family says they will rebuild medical practice that served neighborhood for decades – CBS News Watch CBS News On a visit to Los Angeles, Michelle Miller reconnected with a family who built a medical practice that served residents in Altadena, devastated by the Eaton Fire, and neighboring Pasadena for over 50 years. The…
Trump visits North Carolina, California disaster zones; talks about dismantling FEMA – CBS News Watch CBS News President Donald Trump toured disaster zones in North Carolina and California in his first official trip since retaking the White House. During the visits, Trump said he was considering dismantling FEMA and shifting disaster management responsibilities to the…
Los Angeles — Reality TV couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are suing the city of Los Angeles after losing their Pacific Palisades home in the wildfires that have torn through Southern California in recent weeks. The couple, who rose to stardom on “The Hills,” a spin-off of “Laguna Beach,” filed the lawsuit Tuesday along…
President Donald Trump has questioned the future of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but potential cuts to FEMA may hit residents of three red states the hardest. “FEMA is going to be a whole big discussion very shortly because I’d rather see the states take care of their own problems,” Trump said during an interview…
Three of the biggest blazes – named the Eaton, Hurst and the Pacific Palisades fires – started burning more than a fortnight ago. The largest destroyed huge swathes of the Palisades, a neighbourhood home to a number of A-listers. While the Hurst blaze has now been successfully put out, the Palisades and Eaton fires continue…
Watch Duty app proved essential during LA fires In the first days of the fires, Watch Duty shot to the No. 1 spot in Apple’s app store seemingly overnight. It provides users easy-to-read maps showing burn areas, evacuation zones, fire cameras and more. In the wake of recent wildfires, a new app has become a…
Emails and videos of burned buildings in Los Angeles next to those left standing have been flying back and forth among architects, builders and fire safety specialists around the world. For many homeowners, like Enrique Balcazar, the sometimes scattershot nature of the carnage can seem like random chance. Balcazar, a real estate agent, posted video…
Climate scientist: “There’s no place that’s safe” – CBS News Watch CBS News In 2022, climate scientist Peter Kalmus moved his family out of Altadena, California, to North Carolina, to a place he hoped would be “less fiery.” His old house burned to the ground in last week’s wildfires, while North Carolina suffered the effects…
The monster that roared through L.A. County last week is still alive – but firefighters seem to have it cornered. People have started returning to their homes, or what’s left of them. Insurance, if they had it, is a whole other battle. The focus now is turning from what happened to why it happened, and…