As rebuilding from the Palisades and Eaton fires gets under way, some homeowners are choosing to build differently. Instead of the usual wood framing, they’re working with a material typically ...

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As the Santa Monica-based architect Abeer Sweis watched the Palisades Fire lay waste to large portions of the Pacific Palisades, she found herself thinking back on her own childhood home in the ...

In the wake of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, the urgency for homeowners and construction professionals to embrace fire-resistant building practices has reached a critical peak. Choosing ...

Apartment and condo builders in some parts of Los Angeles may have to use fire-resistant materials if a nascent movement takes hold. Opponents have said such new rules would lead to much higher ...