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SoCal Edison works to mitigate wildfires
Utility companies were to blame for some of the terrible fires that have happened over the last couple of years. Now, they're trying to prepare their infrastructure for the coming season.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 24m ListenUtility companies were to blame for some of the terrible fires that have happened over the last couple of years. Now, they're trying to prepare their infrastructure for the coming season. And reporter Gustavo Arellano visits Trona, a small town that was hard hit by last week's earthquakes.
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3 storiesCalifornia’s big utilities vow to spend billions on wildfire mitigation
On a rural road in the town of Acton, about an hour north of Los Angeles on the edge of the High Desert, utility crews are unspooling a long line of new electrical wire. The wire’s being hoisted to a worker standing in a cherry picker 30 feet…
Read the story12 minLA’s worsening air quality
Despite the hardening of California’s electrical infrastructure, wildfires will continue to burn. When they do, the smoke often blankets an entire region.
Read the story5 minEarthquakes hit the struggling town of Trona
LA Times feature writer Gustavo Arellano visited the little town of Trona in San Bernardino County, after a couple of intense earthquakes and hundreds of smaller ones rocked the area in the past week.
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