Insurance firms can't sue over Maui fire, Hawaii's Supreme Court rules
A settlement was announced last summer, but insurance companies held out, insisting that they should have the right to go ...
Lahaina Disaster Still A ‘Relentless Presence’ In Fire Survivors’ Lives
It’s rare for plaintiffs in large class-action lawsuits to get the chance to testify. Lahaina wildfire survivors were ...
Hawaii court rules against insurance companies in Maui wildfire, allowing $4B settlement to proceed
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that insurance companies can’t bring their own legal actions against ...
EPA facing monumental battery cleanup after LA wildfires
The deadly wildfire that ravaged Lahaina, Hawaii, in 2023, destroyed more than 2,000 buildings, which took the agency more than four months to clear hazardous materials. In Southern California, the ...
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What to know about what’s tying up a $4B settlement for Maui wildfire victims
Hawaii’s Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday over insurance issues that are tying up a potential $4 billion settlement ...
As wildfire cleanup crews surge to nearly 1,200 workers, concerns about safety grow
One subcontractor has been fined repeatedly by the EPA and the state in recent years for improper handling of hazardous ...
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What to know about what’s tying up a $4B settlement for Hawaii wildfire victims
Hawaii’s Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday over insurance issues that are tying up a potential $4 billion settlement ...
Maui fire recovery lights LA’s path
If California residents seek a microcosm of the challenges Los Angeles will face as the city recovers, they could look to ...
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Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
and in Hawaii's 2023 Lahaina Fire, which decimated that historic town and killed 102. It could take months to know why some evacuation orders lagged in the Los Angeles fires. Several residents who ...
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Maui’s post-wildfire housing crisis offers a warning for Los Angeles
It was the flood of social media posts about rent-gouging in nearby Los Angeles County communities that appeared ... leveling the town of Lahaina. But as an organizer with the Maui Housing Hui, a ...
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Hawaii wildfire victims spared from testifying after last-minute deal over $4B settlement
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Wildfire wreckage is shown in Lahaina, Hawaii, Aug. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) Nora Bulosan ...
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A $4-billion settlement for Hawaii wildfire victims is in legal limbo as an unusual trial starts
HONOLULU — When Hawaii Gov. Josh Green announced a $4-billion settlement ... describing pain made all the more fresh by the ...