Enormous increase in LA homeless-encampment fires slows emergency response times — with deadly consequences

Los Angeles firefighters have repeatedly warned that rising call volumes and chronic understaffing are slowing their response ...

More than 200,000 lost their homes in the L.A. County fires. For people already on the streets, the damage ran deeper

A new study out of UCLA shows the outsized impact of climate-related disasters like the 2025 fires on unhoused populations.

Homeless and encampment-related fires noticeably increased in LA, new data shows

LAFD has repeatedly warned that rising call volumes and understaffing are slowing their response times. New data shows ...
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Most unhoused Angelenos say LA wildfires endangered their lives, study finds

21% of unhoused survey respondents said they were injured during 2025's wildfires ...
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Citing fire risk, L.A. city may get more power to remove hillside homeless encampments

First responders work to put out a brush fire burning on a hillside near Griffith Observatory in 2022. (Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles city officials may be empowered to remove homeless ...
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Los Angeles' homeless problem is 'literally devouring the city': Joel Pollak

California Post Opinion Editor Joel Pollak discusses the increase in homeless encampment fires in Los Angeles, a report that ...

Trump blasts LA homeless agency’s ‘abysmal record’ in plan to slash nearly $400M in federal funds

President Donald Trump showed disgust for the Los Angeles homeless services agency, saying it had an "abysmal record" while slashing federal funding to it.
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Homeless squatters set fire to LA house, destroying family home next door — and killing their dogs

Homeless squatters allegedly set fire to a house in Central Los Angeles, destroying the family home next door and killing their three sweet pups. The owner of a multi-family property in the LA ...