Two Democratic California state senators on Monday will announce a proposal allowing the victims of natural disasters and insurance companies to sue the oil industry for damages based on their impact on the environment.

Henry Stern, who was part of a group of lawmakers who authored ... and would be subject to the new rules because they are deemed at highest fire risk by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The fire, driven by hurricane-force winds ...

California lawmakers in the State Senate and Assembly unanimously passed legislation that provides more than $2.5 billion to help the Los Angeles area begin the cleanup and recovery process from the devastating wildfires.

Henry Stern, who was part of a group of lawmakers ... to the new rules because they are deemed at highest fire risk by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

California is years behind in implementing ... “It’s frustrating at every level of government,” said Democratic state Sen. Henry Stern, who was part of a group of lawmakers who authored ...

California's delay in implementing crucial fire safety regulations leaves homes vulnerable to devastating wildfires.

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The L.A. wildfires expose California’s difficult road to navigate between disaster risk and solving the state’s housing crisis.

To many ecologists, economists and other experts on California wildfire risk, the vow to rebuild is part of a familiar California cycle as predictable as the Santa Anas: We keep putting homes in the path of the flames.

Henry Robert Garcia, who fled to Texas after a hit-and-run that killed cyclist Brent Allen, was captured in Amarillo, Texas, and was brought back to Tulare County, California, where he now faces

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