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Workers from PG&E work on repairing and restoring power lines on January 13, 2025 in Altadena, California, where the devastating Eaton Fire caused widespread damage. Homeowners and renters who lost their homes due to the fire are suing Southern California Edison, alleging the electrical utility that provides electricity to some 15 million people in a 50,000 square-mile area of Southern California failed to de-energize its electrical equipment despite the high wind and red flag warnings issues by the National Weather Service. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

DOJ sues SoCal Edison for $77M in damages, citing negligence that ’caused Calif. fires’

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed two lawsuits against Southern California Edison (SCE), alleging the utility’s negligence led to two catastrophic wildfires, the Eaton Fire in January 2025 and the Fairview Fire in September 2022.

Canyon Fire in Ventura County screen grab (accuweather)

Calif.: Evacuations ordered in Ventura County, L.A. County due to fast-moving brush fire

Evacuations have been ordered in Ventura County and Los Angeles County due to a fast-moving wildfire.

A map of the Palisades and Eaton Fires is displayed as US President Joe Biden listens to a report during a briefing on the federal response to the wildfires across Los Angeles in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2025. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden Announces One-Time $770 Payments For Calif. Fire Victims

President Joe Biden has announced that the government will be providing one-time checks of $770 to victims of the California wildfires.

The wind whips embers while firefighters battle the fire in the Angeles National Forest near Mt. Wilson as the wildfires burn in the Los Angeles area, during the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, U.S. January 9, 2025. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu

US insurers slump as Los Angeles wildfire loss estimates hit $20 billion

U.S. insurance stocks slid on Friday as analysts estimated insured losses from the wildfires menacing Los Angeles could reach as high as $20 billion.

ALTADENA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 08: A person walks past a home burning during the Eaton Fire on January 8, 2025 in Altadena, California. Over 1,000 structures have burned, with two people dead, in wildfires fueled by intense Santa Ana Winds across L.A. County. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Musk To Provide Free Starlink Cell Service To L.A. Residents Affected By Fires

As multiple roaring fires across Los Angeles County destroy thousands of homes, buildings, and other structures, cell service has dropped out across large swaths of the city, prompting Elon Musk to provide free Starlink cell service to residents in need.