NEWS stories Back to News Home Community, Residents in Need, Rebuild, Insurance Battles, Edison Efram Potelle 10/30/25 Community, Residents in Need, Rebuild, Insurance Battles, Edison Efram Potelle 10/30/25 Months after fire in Altadena, determination turns to despair Read More Edison, Government, Residents in Need, Insurance Battles, Community Efram Potelle 10/30/25 Edison, Government, Residents in Need, Insurance Battles, Community Efram Potelle 10/30/25 Consumer Alert Warns Eaton Fire Survivors About Edison Fast Pay Provision: Fast Doesn’t Mean Fair Read More Rebuild, Government, Insurance Battles, Residents in Need, Community Efram Potelle 10/28/25 Rebuild, Government, Insurance Battles, Residents in Need, Community Efram Potelle 10/28/25 Barger Cites Insurance Delays, System Gaps in Altadena Rebuild Effort Read More Residents in Need, Government, Community, Contamination, Fire Response Efram Potelle 10/20/25 Residents in Need, Government, Community, Contamination, Fire Response Efram Potelle 10/20/25 California law on cleaning rental homes after a fire has changed. Here’s how to get help Read More Government, Edison, Fire Response, Community, Rebuild Efram Potelle 10/18/25 Government, Edison, Fire Response, Community, Rebuild Efram Potelle 10/18/25 ‘It’s effectively a bailout’: Edison benefits from fine print in Newsom’s last-minute utility legislation Read More Residents in Need, Insurance Battles, Rebuild, Community, Contamination Efram Potelle 10/17/25 Residents in Need, Insurance Battles, Rebuild, Community, Contamination Efram Potelle 10/17/25 Nine months after fires, residents continue to struggle with housing stability, finances Read More Government, Residents in Need, Contamination, Insurance Battles, Community Efram Potelle 10/16/25 Government, Residents in Need, Contamination, Insurance Battles, Community Efram Potelle 10/16/25 Newsom signs law clarifying that landlords must clean fire debris Read More Government, Community, Rebuild, Residents in Need Efram Potelle 10/13/25 Government, Community, Rebuild, Residents in Need Efram Potelle 10/13/25 CA passes law allowing mid-rise apartments to be built around transit hubs, so what now? 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Now it’s been found in L.A. fire debris Read More Contamination, Health Effects, EFRU News, Community, Fire Response Efram Potelle 8/28/25 Contamination, Health Effects, EFRU News, Community, Fire Response Efram Potelle 8/28/25 Carcinogenic heavy metal found in air samples taken after LA fires. What you need to know Read More Insurance Commissioner, Insurance Battles, Government, Community Efram Potelle 8/25/25 Insurance Commissioner, Insurance Battles, Government, Community Efram Potelle 8/25/25 State Farm’s handling of fire claims draws rebuke from state lawmakers Read More Insurance Battles, Insurance Commissioner, Community, Contamination, Government Efram Potelle 7/7/25 Insurance Battles, Insurance Commissioner, Community, Contamination, Government Efram Potelle 7/7/25 Angry homeowners and a state probe. What went wrong with State Farm’s L.A. fire response Read More Community, Contamination, Health Effects, Fire Response, Government Efram Potelle 5/25/25 Community, Contamination, Health Effects, Fire Response, Government Efram Potelle 5/25/25 After the LA Fires, Scientists Study the Toxic Hazards Left Behind Read More Community Efram Potelle 4/4/25 Community Efram Potelle 4/4/25 The Ghosts of Altadena Read More Contamination, Government, Health Effects, Community, Schools Efram Potelle 2/10/25 Contamination, Government, Health Effects, Community, Schools Efram Potelle 2/10/25 California’s biggest environmental cleanup leaves lead contamination and frustration Read More Newer Posts
Community, Residents in Need, Rebuild, Insurance Battles, Edison Efram Potelle 10/30/25 Community, Residents in Need, Rebuild, Insurance Battles, Edison Efram Potelle 10/30/25 Months after fire in Altadena, determination turns to despair Read More
Edison, Government, Residents in Need, Insurance Battles, Community Efram Potelle 10/30/25 Edison, Government, Residents in Need, Insurance Battles, Community Efram Potelle 10/30/25 Consumer Alert Warns Eaton Fire Survivors About Edison Fast Pay Provision: Fast Doesn’t Mean Fair Read More
Rebuild, Government, Insurance Battles, Residents in Need, Community Efram Potelle 10/28/25 Rebuild, Government, Insurance Battles, Residents in Need, Community Efram Potelle 10/28/25 Barger Cites Insurance Delays, System Gaps in Altadena Rebuild Effort Read More
Residents in Need, Government, Community, Contamination, Fire Response Efram Potelle 10/20/25 Residents in Need, Government, Community, Contamination, Fire Response Efram Potelle 10/20/25 California law on cleaning rental homes after a fire has changed. Here’s how to get help Read More
Government, Edison, Fire Response, Community, Rebuild Efram Potelle 10/18/25 Government, Edison, Fire Response, Community, Rebuild Efram Potelle 10/18/25 ‘It’s effectively a bailout’: Edison benefits from fine print in Newsom’s last-minute utility legislation Read More
Residents in Need, Insurance Battles, Rebuild, Community, Contamination Efram Potelle 10/17/25 Residents in Need, Insurance Battles, Rebuild, Community, Contamination Efram Potelle 10/17/25 Nine months after fires, residents continue to struggle with housing stability, finances Read More
Government, Residents in Need, Contamination, Insurance Battles, Community Efram Potelle 10/16/25 Government, Residents in Need, Contamination, Insurance Battles, Community Efram Potelle 10/16/25 Newsom signs law clarifying that landlords must clean fire debris Read More
Government, Community, Rebuild, Residents in Need Efram Potelle 10/13/25 Government, Community, Rebuild, Residents in Need Efram Potelle 10/13/25 CA passes law allowing mid-rise apartments to be built around transit hubs, so what now? Read More
Community, Residents in Need, Rebuild, Government Efram Potelle 10/7/25 Community, Residents in Need, Rebuild, Government Efram Potelle 10/7/25 Eaton Fire Collaborative Opens ‘Collaboratory,’ a Home Base for Recovery Read More
Community, Rebuild, Residents in Need Efram Potelle 10/7/25 Community, Rebuild, Residents in Need Efram Potelle 10/7/25 Altadena rebuilds 9 months after devastating Eaton Fire: 'So much love and humanity' Read More
Fire Response, Government, Community Efram Potelle 9/30/25 Fire Response, Government, Community Efram Potelle 9/30/25 Eaton Fire victims plead for answers as LA County reviews after-action report Read More
Fire Response, Government, Community Efram Potelle 9/30/25 Fire Response, Government, Community Efram Potelle 9/30/25 Altadena wildfire victims demand probe into LA's response to Eaton Fire Read More
EFRU News, Contamination, Health Effects, Government, Community Efram Potelle 9/12/25 EFRU News, Contamination, Health Effects, Government, Community Efram Potelle 9/12/25 Community Organizing Makes It Happen - EFRU’s Jane Potelle & Nicole Maccalla Read More
Contamination, Health Effects, Fire Response, EFRU News, Community Efram Potelle 8/28/25 Contamination, Health Effects, Fire Response, EFRU News, Community Efram Potelle 8/28/25 ‘Erin Brockovich’ made this cancer-causing compound famous. Now it’s been found in L.A. fire debris Read More
Contamination, Health Effects, EFRU News, Community, Fire Response Efram Potelle 8/28/25 Contamination, Health Effects, EFRU News, Community, Fire Response Efram Potelle 8/28/25 Carcinogenic heavy metal found in air samples taken after LA fires. What you need to know Read More
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Insurance Battles, Insurance Commissioner, Community, Contamination, Government Efram Potelle 7/7/25 Insurance Battles, Insurance Commissioner, Community, Contamination, Government Efram Potelle 7/7/25 Angry homeowners and a state probe. What went wrong with State Farm’s L.A. fire response Read More
Community, Contamination, Health Effects, Fire Response, Government Efram Potelle 5/25/25 Community, Contamination, Health Effects, Fire Response, Government Efram Potelle 5/25/25 After the LA Fires, Scientists Study the Toxic Hazards Left Behind Read More
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