When Is A Home Safe After Wildfire Smoke? LA Researchers Have Some Answers September 11, 2025 By Emma Court At a church parking lot near Los Angeles, two hazmat-suit-clad workers vacuumed and wiped most of the contents of Elle...
California Wildfire Claims: Delay, Deny, Defend? September 2, 2025 By Dan Veroff and Derek Chaiken Eight months after the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in Los Angeles, commercial and residential policyholders continue to report unreasonably long...
California Commissioner Takes Legal Action Against FAIR Plan for Smoke Damage Claims July 31, 2025 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is taking legal action against the California FAIR Plan Association for reportedly denying and limiting...
Homes With Toxic Smoke Damage Deepen Insurance Nightmare in LA June 25, 2025 By Michelle Ma Months after fire tore through Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood, homeowners are struggling to get reimbursed — not for houses...
California Commissioner Launches Smoke Claims & Remediation Task Force May 19, 2025 A new task force has been formed to develop standards in California for insurance coverage and clean-up of smoke-damaged homes....
Smoke Damage from LA Wildfires Leaves Questions to Be Answered April 2, 2025 By Patrick Wraight The question has come up wondering if smoke damage is covered for those homes that were impacted by the Los...
Insurers, Consumer Groups Telling Different Stories About Smoke Damage Claims July 18, 2022 By Jim Sams Insurers and consumer advocates are conveying conflicting messages as both try to focus public attention on smoke damage claims. Mercury...
Smoke-Tainted California Grapes Find New Life as Vodka December 3, 2021 By Nathan Frandino NAPA, Calif. — As wildfires covered California’s wine country skies in smoke in 2020, Nicolas Quille feared the worst for...
Off-Site Backups, Planning Aid in Fire Recovery November 2, 2018 By GREG BOCK, The (Altoona) Mirror It was early afternoon, the day after Thanksgiving in 2006, when Mark Nale walked into his den and saw the...
Oregon Wildfire Sparks Eruption Comparisons September 8, 2017 By GILLIAN FLACCUS and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS People in Oregon covered their faces with scarves to keep choking ash from wildfires from filling their lungs and wiped...