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Here’s who is running in the heated race for insurance commissioner

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Senators call for investigation into insurance department over handling of L.A. wildfire claims

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L.A. fire victims say state regulators ignored complaints about State Farm

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New bill asks California to craft standard for cleaning wildfire smoke-tainted homes

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Lawmakers demand insurers explain tough requirements for payouts to wildfire victims

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New bill addresses issues with smoke damage from LA Fires

$A push to end a fractured approach to post-fire contamination removal$

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A push to end a fractured approach to post-fire contamination removal

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New bill asks state to craft urgent wildfire smoke safety standards after Chronicle investigation

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Who Decides When a Home Is Safe? A California Bill Says Science, Not Insurers

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‘Delays, lowballs, outright denials’: how the LA wildfires have exposed the US’s broken insurance industry

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Houses left standing by fires still hazardous

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Homes Surviving Last Year's L.A. Fires Still Contaminated

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Homes That Survived the 2025 L.A. Fires Are Still Contaminated

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Dangerous toxins preventing Eaton and Palisades fire survivors from returning home

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Eaton Fire survivors: Insurance company won't pay for toxin removals because our home ‘looks pristine'

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Complaints over insurers’ handling of L.A. wildfire claims prompt a flurry of bills

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Wildfires in Palisades and Altadena upended life for many residents. A year later, the community’s strength keeps them going

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Meet the LA woman using pickleball to rebuild her community after the Eaton Fire

Joy Chen, an author who was also the administrator of the pickleball WhatsApp group for the Altadena Country Club, has become a leader among other Eaton Fire survivors. "CBS Saturday Morning" takes a look at how Chen is helping her community rebuild after immense losses.

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LAFD Palisades fire report author called final version ‘highly unprofessional’

The author of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s after-action report on the Palisades fire declined to endorse it because of substantial deletions that altered his findings, calling the edited version “highly unprofessional and inconsistent with our established standards.”

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The fire took his sister and his lifelong home. He’s been fighting to get back ever since

Zaire Calvin grew up in Altadena. For nearly a year since the Eaton fire destroyed his town, he has become a voice for his community.
His mom bought his childhood home in the 1970s when Altadena was one of the few places Black families could own properties. Years ago, he bought the house next door. Both homes are gone now.