For many in Altadena with houses still standing after the Eaton fire, it has been a year of headaches trying to clean their homes and make them habitable again. A year after California’s urban ...

Learn what sealing means in fire restoration and how paint, smoke odor removal, and stain-blocking techniques help restore ...

A contractor removes ash from a Jackson Elementary School classroom on Jan. 23. The Altadena school was professionally cleaned after suffering smoke damage during the Eaton fire. (Nick Agro / For The ...

The expanded emergency response program is available to residential and commercial property owners throughout Pleasanton, San ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. When the January 2025 firestorms swept through Altadena and Pacific Palisades they not only burned down homes but ...

One of the most common insurance complaints after a fire comes from people whose homes are still standing but covered in potentially toxic soot. Because there is no state or federal standard for smoke ...

In a decision with broad implications for victims of January’s wildfires, the state’s home insurer of last resort is on the hook to pay for smoke damage claims, according to a court ruling issued this ...

The Department of Insurance ordered the state’s home insurer of last resort to answer allegations that it has handled smoke damage claims illegally. Advocates for policyholders have questioned why it ...

In a landmark decision, a Los Angeles judge ruled that California's home insurer of last resort is violating state law by how it treats smoke-damage claims — a policy that homeowners have long ...