23+ hour, 3+ min ago   (623+ words) Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ordered city agencies on Friday to delay the processing of rebuilding permits for the Lineage burned-out cold storage warehouse in Boyle Heights until regulators have found ways to subject the project to strict environmental review....

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (646+ words) The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has fined Lineage Logistics for what it called “unsanitary and nuisance” conditions at the company’s fire-damaged Boyle Heights warehouse, where residents have for weeks faced rats, swarms of flies and the smell…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (931+ words) I never thought I’d be writing this as a proud Los Angeles homeowner. Last week, I received notice from Liberty Mutual that my condo insurance policy is being canceled effective October 3. No explanation tied to my claims history or property…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (891+ words) A series of earthquakesthat have rattled the Golden State have triggered a new kind of aftershock — insurance costs. Californians are scrambling to protect their houses amid fears “The Big One” could strike but are being met by sky high policies…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (671+ words) Tensions in Boyle Heights reached a fever pitch Thursday evening as residents — fed up with exposure to toxic smoke, the smell of rotting food, and a lack of answers after the Lineage warehouse fire — made their frustrations known at a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1168+ words) After the eight-day-long fire in a 500,000-square-foot Boyle Heights warehouse, eastern Los Angeles residents are contending with putrid smells, soot and potentially hazardous airborne chemicals after heavy plumes of smoke spread throughout the city. But those who grow food in…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (800+ words) Crews in Boyle Heights continued working Thursday to haul away millions of pounds of rotting food in hopes of returning the fire-stricken cold-storage facility and the surrounding neighborhood to normal. But a block away, a group of about 50 residents and…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (623+ words) A Southern California mom says she’s been left effectively homeless for more than a year and a half after her insurer told her to move back into her smoke-damaged home or lose her temporary housing benefits — a gamble she refuses…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (859+ words) As firefighters continue to battle a stubborn and complex fire at a massive refrigerated warehouse in Boyle Heights, residents and businesses owners have expressed frustration and health concerns as neighorhoods have been engulfed by smoke. Inside Jim’s Burgers, not far…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (646+ words) America’s homebuyers are staying put. As home prices and the cost of essentials climb across the country, households are struggling to keep up — and increasingly looking to their local governments for help. That’s according to Harvard University’s Joint Center for…...