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A Pacific storm could help California crews battle the dangerous Pack Fire in Mono County, but it could also wreak havoc on fire-charred communities further south.
Steadfast LA and Banc of California awarded $\$400,000$ in small business recovery grants, totaling $\$525,000$ to date, for ten L.A.-area businesses recovering from devastating wildfires.
The charges stem from a mandated $1 billion bailout by insurance companies of the state’s last-resort insurance program, known as the FAIR Plan, after it ran out of money to cover roughly $4 billion in claims from victims of the Los Angeles wildfires, which damaged or destroyed nearly 13,000 homes.
Two senior living communities are disputing some of the findings related to state citations given for lapses in care and emergency planning related to January wildfires that erupted in and around Los Angeles.
The hidden crisis from the devastating wildfires in January affected those who did not lose their homes. However, the onslaught of smoke and ash from the wind-whipped urban fires in the Palisades and Altadena/ Pasadena has left thousands of contaminated houses that even 10 months since the fires,
Survivors gathered in Altadena, where they sounded off on a report, which detailed how a deal between Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and insurers changed the insurance landscape.
U.S. President Donald Trump will visit California on Monday to be briefed on wildfires sweeping the western United States that have killed at least 25 people, White House spokesman Judd Deere said on Twitter.
If rain falls as forecast, this storm could result in downtown Los Angeles seeing its wettest November since 1985. Heavy rain brings the possibility of damaging flooding and landslides.