Wildfire reporter at the Los Angeles Times. Retired rookie physicist
Noah Haggerty
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TREES: The proposal would require homeowners to trim trees to keep branches away from the house and far from the ground so that fires on the ground cannot climb into the canopy, and a fire in the tree cannot jump into the home. It generally does not require the removal of trees.
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The owner of the 170-unit mobile home park destroyed in the Palisades fire is trying to sell it, characterizing the lot as a "blank canvas for redevelopment" vs. re-occupation by currently-displaced residents.
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VEGETATION: Under roof overhangs -- and within 1 foot of the home, 2 feet from windows, vents and doors and 5 feet of decks -- no vegetation is allowed. Elsewhere, spaced-out plants up to 18 inches tall, and ground covers like grasses under 3 inches are allowed.
BREAKING: Malibu filed a lawsuit against a conservation authority that oversees land where 3 fires in the past 2 years have started and went on to damage Malibu homes — including the Palisades fire: malibucity.org/DocumentCent...
The city announced a lawsuit in February against the land manager, MRCA, and others over the damage the city sustained from the Palisades fire. This new lawsuit focused on the 2024 Broad and Franklin fires. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Fire season is upon us … Bureau of Land Management says no more fires on BLM land in SoCal until the end of October: www.blm.gov/announcement...
Malibu is arguing MRCA failed to do proper brush clearance — a claim many fire ecologists argue is not backed by science. Some studies have found brush clearance techniques like fuel breaks are not all that effective during high-wind fires in SoCal. www.latimes.com/environment/...
NEW: Years into heated debates and discussion, California has released its latest "Zone Zero" proposal, outlining what kind of landscaping residents in high fire risk zones can do within the first five feet of their home. Let's unpack what it says: www.latimes.com/environment/...
