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More than 5,500 toxic sites face flood risk | Santa Monica Daily Press
The peer-reviewed study, led by University of California scientists and published in Nature Communications, warns that rising sea levels will flood facilities handling sewage, toxic waste, oil and gas, and other industrial pollutants if heat-trapping pollution continues unchecked. “Flooding from sea level rise is dangerous on its own — but when facilities with hazardous materials are in the path of those floodwaters, the danger multiplies,” said Lara Cushing of UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health.
How did LA transit riders evacuate from the fires? | LAist
People who take transit in Los Angeles largely depended on catching rides from friends, family or ride-share companies to evacuate from the January 2025 wildfires, according to a forthcoming study led by researchers at UCLA. Some evacuees, left without any other option, escaped danger on foot … Madeline Brozen, a UCLA transportation researcher who led the study, said one of the main takeaways from the research is the importance of advanced planning. “I think it just points to the need to really have a plan and try to communicate it before something happens in order for everyone to feel safe,” Brozen said.
Rebuilding the Palisades and Altadena | KCRW 89.9-FM’s “Press Play”
“The first round of rules were quite restrictive, and said you basically have to remove all vegetation from the first five feet,” says political scientist Megan Mullin, who’s also faculty director of UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation. Mullin says research is still emerging around certain kinds of high moisture vegetation, and it remains uncertain whether it significantly increases the risk of wildfires.
Fire rebuilding effort draws billions in aid | Southern California News Group
It’s difficult to say how much money may come to the region. After all, the economic impact of the Los Angeles wildfires could range between $76 billion and $131 billion, with insured losses estimated up to $45 billion, according to a report from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Experts question claim Maduro is a ‘narco-terrorist’ | Los Angeles Times
Jorja Leap, a social welfare professor and executive director of the UCLA Social Justice Research Partnership who has spent years interviewing gang members and drug dealers in the L.A. region, said Trump’s hyper-focus on Maduro, Venezuela and the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua as driving forces within the U.S. drug trade not only belies reality but also belittles the work of researchers who know better.
Solving the home care quandary | KFF Health News
“These co-ops are getting exceptional results,” said Geoffrey Gusoff, a family medicine doctor and health services researcher at UCLA. “They have half the turnover of traditional agencies, they hold onto clients twice as long, and they’re paying $2 more an hour” to their owner-employees.
