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For Many Disabled Fire Victims in Los Angeles, a Continuing Trauma

“Inflammation from these exposures is not just about cancer or asthma,” says one advocate for disabled people. “It’s neurological, it’s everything.”

Story and photos by Nina Dietz

Adriana Valdez pulls back a drape to inspect the layer of ash coating her son’s toys at her home in Altadena on April 1.
A man views his property as it burns during the Eaton Fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles County on Jan. 8. Credit: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

Taking Stock in Altadena Nine Months After the Devastating LA Fires

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

This Altadena home was exposed early to the Eaton Fire in January. The location of burning palm trees in front of the windows may have created a radiant heat exposure. Credit: Courtesy of Yana Valachovic

A Debate Heats Up over California’s ‘Zone Zero’ Rules to Cut Home Losses to Flammable Vegetation

By Blanca Begert

Nicholas Spada stands in front of an instument panel at UC Davis’ Crocker Nuclear Laboratory with a radiation exposure monitor prominently pinned to his shirt’s pocket on March 25.

Nicholas Spada Spent Months Analyzing Smoke From the LA Fires. He Thinks People Have a Right to Know, and ‘Air Is Everything.’

Story and photos by Nina Dietz

Winter Reign (center) and Brendan Armm (right) regroup with their children, River and Leaf, as they clean their Pacific Palisades home on April 6 after it sustained smoke and soot damage from the Los Angeles wildfires.

A Neighborhood Burned, a Home Saved, a Future in Question

Story and photos by Nina Dietz

Parham Azimi, a Harvard University researcher, checks an outdoor air monitor which has been collecting samples for the last week outside Nicole Bryne’s house on April 1 in Pasadena, Calif. Credit: Nina Dietz/Inside Climate News

After the LA Fires, Scientists Study the Toxic Hazards Left Behind

Story and photos by Nina Dietz

Black Residents of Altadena Struggle to Hang on to Their Community After LA Fires

By Rambo Talabong

An aerial view shows homes burned in the Eaton Fire on Feb. 5 in Altadena, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Public Radio’s David Brancaccio Mulls the Surprising Pluses and Minuses of Rebuilding in LA After the Fires

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Khaled Fouad (left) and Mimi Laine embrace as they inspect a family member’s property that was destroyed by the Eaton Fire on Jan. 9 in Altadena, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

LA Fire Victims Have Become ‘Dysregulated,’ Making it Hard to Focus and Make Decisions 

By Nina Dietz

In Altadena, whole blocks were leveled by a fire that jumped street to street. Credit: Jireh Deng/Inside Climate News

The Dichotomy of a Deadly Paradise—How Urban Sprawl and Climate Change Fuel LA’s  Fires

By Jireh Deng

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