A pattern that began almost half a century ago is about to play out in the Pacific Palisades. Big houses will get bigger, the total number of units will shrink, and the housing crisis and climate crisis will continue to cause chaos.

The president’s attempts to Trumpsplain water to Californians sound ridiculous. They’re also a smokescreen, obscuring what his policies would actually do.

Donald Trump is spreading blatant lies about the Los Angeles fires.

The Fix Our Forests Act, co-sponsored by a Republican receiving substantial donations from the logging industry, makes it easier to bypass environmental review on federal lands.

The House speaker is ready to commit political blackmail.

Donald Trump took a moment to reflect on the devastating impact of the Los Angeles fires.

A widely praised novel several years ago foretold some of what we’re witnessing today—but got the political response very, very wrong.

The wealthy will ride out the crisis on private islands—or so the story goes. Instead, they’re sticking around, distorting housing and insurance markets.

Los Angeles is scheduled to host the 2028 Summer Olympics.

Republicans have suggested conditioning the relief funds to California.

Senator Tommy Tuberville has some thoughts on aid for the Los Angeles fires.

Republicans, in the peak of cruelty, are turning the L.A. fires into a political bargaining chip.

Musk was fact-checked by an L.A. firefighter in his own livestream after repeating a popular lie about “water shortages.”

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s new theory is just as bad as her first one.

Senator John Barrasso wants to politicize the disaster.

Ukraine is offering assistance to California, even as the president-elect’s son bashes the country for no reason.

As Los Angeles burns, Trump and his allies are exploiting tragedy to push their favorite grievances about “diversity” and water management.

House Republicans have released a potential “menu” of government cuts—all of which are guaranteed to make it harder for Californians to recover.

California is struggling to get the Los Angeles fires under control.

Donald Trump has hit a new low.