Kathleen Ronayne

Bored with manicured lawns, some homeowners adopt No Mow May all year long Whether it's No Mow May or Let It Bloom June or Leave The Leaves, homeowners are finding more ways to adopt a low mow lifestyle instead of keeping up with short, manicured lawns.

Whether it's No Mow May or Let It Bloom June or Leave The Leaves, homeowners are finding more ways to adopt a low mow lifestyle instead of keeping up with short, manicured lawns.

California high-speed rail leader pushes state to support private investment The new chief executive of California’s embattled high-speed rail project says it is time to get serious about how to pay for it.

The new CEO of California's high-speed rail project says he wants a plan in place by the end of summer on private funding. He spoke to @apnews.com about his vision for the embattled project: apnews.com/article/cali...

Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an ‘extraordinary’ healer A video shows a Texas doctor, who has been treating children in a measles outbreak, with a measles rash on his face in a clinic while caring for patients a week before he met with Health Secretary Rob...

A video showed a doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an ‘extraordinary’ healer.
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In fight over insurance, neighbors crowdsource LA fire contamination data Los Angeles-area residents whose homes survived the Eaton wildfire in January face a whole different set of struggles to their neighbors whose homes were burned to the ground.

Altadena residents who didn't lose their homes are now crowdsourcing data on lead and other contamination in their homes as they fight insurers to cover testing and remediation for smoke damage: apnews.com/article/cali...

Trump says AP will continue to be curtailed at White House until it changes style to Gulf of America President Donald Trump says his administration will continue to restrict The Associated Press' access to cover presidential events until the news agency goes along with his renaming of the Gulf of Mex...

President Trump said he will continue to restrict The Associated Press’ access to his events and news conferences until the outlet goes along with his renaming of the Gulf of Mexico in its reports. He acknowledged that the move was a presidential retaliation against AP's editorial policy.

California's insurance crisis leaves neighbors facing unequal recovery after wildfires Next-door neighbors lost their near-identical homes in a California wildfire, but how they are navigating rebuilding is a story of contrasting fortunes and unequal recovery, a stark reflection of the ...

Neighbors with identical homes, both gone in the Eaton Fire. One has been paid nearly a million dollars and is looking for contractors. The other is contemplating loans, lawsuits & leaving California. The difference? One has private insurance. The other has the FAIR plan: apnews.com/article/cali...

Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires After the wind-driven wildfires broke out in Southern California on Jan. 7, evacuation orders for some neighborhoods came long after houses were reported on fire.

Government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby dangers and instructions to help them stay safe.

But in Palisades and Altadena, like Lahaina, Santa Rosa, and Paradise before it, that system didn't work quite right: apnews.com/article/cali...

California is years behind in implementing a law to make homes more fire resistant California is years behind in implementing a 2020 law aiming to make it harder for homes to burn during a wildfire.

California lawmakers in 2020 expanded "defensible space" laws to require the clearing of flammable material within 5 feet of homes in high risk areas. Many neighborhoods that burned in Palisades Fire would have had to comply -- but the regs still aren't finished: apnews.com/article/cali...

Looking for his father, a worried son went to fire evacuation zone but found death and devastation An 84-year-old man who was killed in the California wildfires had immigrated to the U.S. from China in 1989, and loved his Altadena home and the California fresh air.

The stories of those who lost their lives in the wildfires are just heartbreaking. apnews.com/article/cali...

A retro blue VW van miraculously survives deadly Los Angeles fire A surprising AP photograph of an undamaged Volkswagen van surrounded by destruction from a Los Angeles wildfire has astonished viewers.

An AP photographer captured this image of a blue VW van that somehow survived as everything around it burned.
Here's the story of that van: apnews.com/article/los-...

'Nobody's dying': A look inside how a senior home evacuated before burning down in LA wildfire As a menacing wildfire approached, staff and residents of a senior citizens home made a desperate escape for their lives.

Don't miss this recounting of the incredible evacuation of residents of a senior living community before the Eaton Fire overtook the building: apnews.com/article/cali...

Harrowing escapes from Los Angeles wildfires were made by foot, by car or by the grace of strangers Some fled by foot, some by car and some by the grace of good Samaritans. Thousands of residents made harrowing escapes as devastating wildfires bore down on the Los Angeles area.

Residents who escaped shared their harrowing stories: apnews.com/article/la-w...

How the wildfires in the Los Angeles area could affect California's home insurance market The wildfires that destroyed homes in multiple sections of the Los Angeles area will test California’s efforts to stabilize the state’s insurance marketplace after many insurers stopped issuing reside...

State authorities previously listed the Palisades as one of the five Southern California areas with the highest concentration of potential wildfire risks. The community also is among the areas most impacted by an unavailability of insurance coverage.: apnews.com/article/cali...

Flames, smoke and smoldering homes as firefighters battle wildfires in Southern California Major wildfires around Los Angeles raged for a third straight day on Thursday, as firefighters struggled to put out blazes in some areas while in others evacuees returned to their homes, only to find ...

A sampling of breathtaking images of the destruction on the ground and from the air: apnews.com/article/cali...

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Los Angeles wildfires: Updates from Jan. 9, 2025 Fires continue to rage across the Los Angeles area, prompting power outages, evacuation orders and curfews. The Palisades, Eaton, Hurst and Sunset fires have collectively consumed around 45 square mil...

Posting here for the first time to share some key coverage from AP colleagues reporting on the LA-area wildfires:

-Live blog here: apnews.com/live/wildfir...