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Once home to Morrison Hotel, historic building in downtown Los Angeles goes up in flames
Flames ripped through the building that was once the historic Morrison Hotel in downtown Los Angeles Thursday, with several dozen people inside managing to escape before firefighters tackled the ...
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Neary 100 firefighters battle commercial building blaze in downtown Los Angeles
A greater alarm was called for a commercial building fire in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday morning. The Los Angeles Fire Department said 12 fire companies and nearly 100 firefighters were at the ...
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Los Angeles wildfires spark interest in adobe, natural building materials
Pedersen was one of about 40 people who joined a recent workshop on the eastern side of Los Angeles to brainstorm a way forward with so-called natural building techniques. On the west side ...
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What LA did right before the fires — and why it wasn't enough
Los Angeles County already has strict wildfire building codes for homes and has passed rules that limit new development in wildfire-prone areas. Still, the ferocity of the fires exceeded what ...
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Issues Executive Order to Waive All-Electric Building Requirement for Rebuilding After Los Angeles Wildfires
waiving the requirement that all new buildings be fully electric under Los Angeles’ All-Electric Building Code. A key provision of the Order is the suspension of Ordinance No. 187,714 ...
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Los Angeles Wildfires Spark Interest in Adobe, Natural Building Materials
Los Angeles Wildfires Spark Interest in Adobe, Natural Building Materials By Peter Henderson ALTADENA, California (Reuters) - Marialyce Pedersen stood in a white Tyvek suit on her Altadena ...