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Utility customers could get big bill for fire | Los Angeles Times

A February study by UCLA economists Zhiyun Li and William Yu estimated that the fire caused $24 billion to $45 billion in property damages and capital losses, or the cost to replace what was destroyed.

‘Noah Davis’: Brilliant work of life cut short | Los Angeles Times

The modest but pungent survey of paintings by Noah Davis at the UCLA Hammer Museum is a welcome event. It goes a long way toward demythologizing the Seattle-born, L.A.-based artist, who was heartbreakingly struck down by a rare liposarcoma cancer in 2015 when he was barely 32. 

What is a ‘flexologist’? | Los Angeles Times

Dr. Jeremy Swisher, a sports medicine physician at UCLA Health, says assisted stretching can help increase range of motion and flexibility, stimulate blood flow, which aids healing and help with posture, particularly for sedentary populations, as well as alleviate stress. Done consistently, long term, it can help with pain relief and stiffness and — possibly — prevent injuries. But it’s “not a cure-all,” he warns.

Could third time be charm on impeachment? | New York Times

Jon Michaels, a law professor at UCLA, wrote by email that he subscribes “to a fairly capacious understanding of impeachable offenses, an understanding that has, in the past year, become even more defensible (given the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. United States).”

What’s at stake as Trump targets climate experts | Time

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s entire environmental health unit was cut, though some jobs were restored last week. “What was lost there is just a giant value to communities,” says V. Kelly Turner, associate professor of urban planning at the University of California, Los Angeles. 

Middle East tensions | KCAL-TV

“The Trump administration has proven itself to be inept, inconsistent and unreliable in this Iran situation. And so, we go from one extreme to another, and it’s really impossible to say what’s going to happen. It’ll probably be decided on the spur-of-the-moment,” said UCLA’s James Gelvin.