A Major New Report on the 2025 Fires
The Governor-Commissioned Fire Report by the UL Research Institutes’ Fire Safety Research Institute has released an exceptionally thorough 724-page independent analysis of the 2025 Southern California wildfires. The report identifies 175 findings and 266 recommendations addressing evacuation, emergency communications, utilities, vegetation, transportation, firefighting and community resilience. Los Angeles County has now directed its departments to review the findings and identify measures that can be implemented in the near term.
Forest Lawn Drive: Four Lanes Stay
L.A. has chosen a new direction for the heavily traveled road near Griffith Park — but questions remain about widening, timing and exactly how the redesign will slow speeding.
Here’s what we know so far.