Eaton Fire

But before we get to the politics of the moment, we want to sort of press pause for a second on the news and look back at some developments over the past month about a story that has really been huge in Los Angeles for a long time, but has sort of been swallowed up a little bit by the political news recently.

And that is the story of the fires, the Palisades fire and the Eaton fire.

And there has been a lot of news over the past month that we just haven't had a chance on this program to reflect on.

So we want to digest a bit and talk about that.

Hey, not so fantastic for Dodger fans, but it did happen.

So to come, a life changing surprise for an Altadena family who lost their house in the Eaton Fire.

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emotional moments as they learn their new home is ready much sooner than expected.

Nearly two years after the Eaton Fire destroyed their home, one Altadena family is getting a chance to rebuild their lives.

The Taylor family is receiving one of four newly completed homes for survivors.

The family got the life changing news at an Eaton fire recovery block party where rebuilding families toward demonstration homes and saw what the road to recovery could look like.

100 steps forward as far as the community and what we've been able to show nationally and globally, the resilience of the people who are here and the people who are coming and joining us in this effort is something that's unparalleled and that we couldn't have imagined.

No word on a motive.

In California, more than 300 rebuilding families, community partners, and government officials are expected to gather today for a block party and ribbon-cutting marking the completion of demonstration homes designed to help Eaton Fire survivors navigate the rebuilding process.

I'm Jennifer Kuiper.

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So against that are cities and counties saying, well, we don't want to get stuck with another Palisades, another Eaton Fire, you know, Camp Fire.

You name the fire.

Obviously, the insurance industry.

In June, they passed the strangely named Measure ER to raise the sales tax for healthcare, whatever that means.

And in the city of Los Angeles, voters will be tasked with deciding if they need to specially fund the fire department, which is on everybody's mind because of the Palisades and Eaton Fire, in Measure FD.

What do you think about raising a specific sales tax just to fund the LA Fire Department?

I think it's disgraceful that the city is not fully funding the fire department.