A $4B settlement for Hawaii wildfire victims is in legal limbo as an unusual trial starts
Victims of a deadly 2023 Hawaii wildfire that decimated the town of Lahaina are expected to testify in court during an ...
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Outside investigations to examine LADWP's empty reservoir during Palisades Fire
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power plans to hire an independent engineer to assess whether an empty reservoir contributed to the failure of its water system during the Palisades Fire ...
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Where does Lahaina stand a year and half after deadly wildfire
Since the deadly 2023 Lahaina Fire in Hawaii's Maui County, the town has yet to be rebuilt. Hawaii Rep. Elle Cochran spoke to ...
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State official says community needs time to decide future of Lahaina’s Historic District
Jessica Puff leads the Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources’ State Historic Preservation Division where she’s ...
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Restoration funds secured to help rebuild iconic Lahaina buildings
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz announced that Hawaii will receive nearly ... The funding will help Lahaina rebuild the Waiola Church, Hale Aloha Museum, the Old Lahaina ...
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Deal reached: How will the $4B Lahaina Global Settlement be split for fire victims?
Overall, we think it was a realistic and reasonable outcome, and it’s going to just be a critical step to getting money into ...
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Hawaii wildfire victims spared from testifying after last-minute settlement deal
Nora Bulosan, right, and Hannah Tomas, Lahaina, Hawaii residents who survived the fire that devastated the town, comfort each other as they gather in hopes to get access to their home in Lahaina ...
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Lessons from Lahaina
In Maui, schools didn’t reopen for about two months in the wake of a wildfire that leveled Lahaina. The backstory: In August 2023, a wildfire caused by downed power lines destroyed the town of ...
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Lessons from Lahaina for Los Angeles
As our friends, now survivors, started to think about next steps, we passed along what Lahaina survivors have taught us about ...
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Lessons from Lahaina for Los Angeles
The fire(s) that we’ve been researching in Lahaina, Maui, for the last year occurred under very similar conditions — hurricane-force winds over dry vegetation and dense wooden-housing stock ...
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Lessons from Lahaina: Months of testing followed post-wildfire reopenings
In Maui, schools didn’t reopen for about two months in the wake of a wildfire that leveled Lahaina. The backstory: In August 2023, a wildfire caused by downed power lines destroyed the town of ...