The owner of the Langham Hotel in Pasadena will pay $320,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleges it price gouged victims following the 2025 January wildfires.
Eighteen months after the Eaton and Palisades fires, smoke damage is still keeping some Pasadena and Pacific Palisades residents out of their homes during ongoing insurance fights.
Newly enhanced surveillance footage and a 3D analysis are intensifying claims that Southern California Edison's equipment sparked the Eaton Fire, as victims and attorneys point to video they say shows the blaze's origin.
A mistrial was declared in the arson case against Jonathan Rinderknecht, the man accused of setting what eventually became the Palisades Fire.
After previously stating they had reached a verdict, a jury is now deadlocked in the arson trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht.
High-severity wildfires that kill large numbers of trees are now burning far more acreage in California than they did four decades ago, according to a UCLA study.