Thanksgiving Day evacuation orders after Canyon Fire sparks in California
A vegetation blaze, named the Canyon Fire, led to evacuation orders in San Bernardino County, California, after it quickly spread.Nov. 29, 2024
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Associated Press
21-04-2025
- Associated Press
INVESTOR ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Reminds Investors with Losses on their Investment in Edison International of Class Action Lawsuit and Upcoming Deadlines
NEW YORK, April 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Edison International ('Edison' or the 'Company') (NYSE: EIX). Such investors are advised to contact Danielle Peyton at [email protected] or 646-581-9980, (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased. The class action concerns whether Edison and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices. You have until April 21, 2025 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class if you purchased or otherwise acquired Edison securities during the Class Period. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at [Click here for information about joining the class action] Beginning on or around January 7, 2025, a series of wildfires caused massive damage to the Los Angeles metropolitan area. On January 9, 2025, the Pasadena Now published an article, citing eyewitness accounts, reporting that the Eaton Canyon Fire originated near electrical towers. On this news, Edison's stock price fell $4.50 per share, or 6.47%, to close at $65.00 per share on January 10, 2025, the next trading day. On January 13, 2025, a lawsuit was filed in California state court alleging that the Eaton Canyon fire originated from Edison power lines. On this news, Edison's stock price fell $7.73 per share, or 11.89%, to close at $57.27 per share on January 13, 2025. Then, on February 6, 2025, the Wall Street Journal published an article entitled 'Edison Unit Says Its Equipment May Have Been Involved in SoCal Fires', reporting, in relevant part, that Southern California Edison Company had 'submitted two letters to the California Public Utilities Commission with updates on its analysis of the Eaton [Canyon] and Hurst wildfires, saying it believes its equipment may be associated with the start of the Hurst fire.' On this news, Edison's stock price fell $1.28 per share, or 2.4%, to close at $51.16 per share on February 6, 2025. Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes. CONTACT: Danielle Peyton Pomerantz LLP
Associated Press
12-02-2025
- Associated Press
A former firefighter in the Legislature has ideas. Will Democrats listen?
It's safe to say there's no legislator more familiar with battling fires against the Santa Ana winds than Sen. Kelly Seyarto. He's one of just a few former firefighters in the Legislature's history, and the only former career firefighter currently in office, according to the California State Library (Current Assemblymember Heath Flora, a Republican from Ripon, worked three summers as a firefighter and volunteered for another 15). The Republican from Murrieta spent 35 years in the field — starting as a firefighter and paramedic for the Inglewood Fire Department and retiring as a battalion chief for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. During that time, he was assigned to various fires throughout Southern California, and led a 20-person strike team in the 2007 Canyon Fire that burned one of the areas affected by the recent Palisades fire. Still, when it came to special session bills in the Senate related to the recent fires, Seyarto said he was pretty much left out of the planning. Meetings to discuss the Legislature's initial response were limited to Democrats. 'For Pete's sake, folks, I've been in the fire service for 35 years,' Seyarto said recently on the Senate floor, where he voted in favor of two bills to fund the fire recovery. 'I implore you, no more caucus meetings to come up with a Senate Democrat plan, or Assembly Democrat plan. … We need a plan from all of us to make sure this doesn't happen again.' Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire, a Democrat from Santa Rosa, did not respond to a request for comment. Chris Micheli, a longtime lobbyist, said Democratic leaders in the Senate typically pick a handful of legislators to work on large issues like wildfires. 'Those working groups don't include Republicans. But of course, Republicans can introduce bills of their own, and can obviously provide input on legislation.' Tim Edwards, president of the union representing state firefighters, said — no matter which party — it helps to have someone in the Legislature who has worked in the trade, so they can communicate issues to other lawmakers, such as Seyarto's support on a recent proposal to transition seasonal firefighters into year-round employees. 'Public safety is a unique thing, so in order to have someone that's actually worked the job to walk you through and explain things is really great to have on the legislation,' he said. Public service: from fires to government Seyarto, 65, was born and raised in the San Gabriel Valley and wanted to be a doctor growing up. But he didn't have the best grades, so a firefighter neighbor encouraged him to try out the paramedic path instead. During his decades as a firefighter, there were plenty of memorable moments. He doesn't like to talk about the bad ones: 'There are too many of those. It's usually when people are dying, and you can't do anything about it.' He prefers to think about the ones where he was able to save lives. One was an apartment building fire in the late 1980s or early 1990s, he said, where 40 people had jumped from the second story to escape flames. 'I wound up having to figure out how to manage 40 patients that … had broken legs and hips and cracked heads,' he said. 'We didn't really have a system yet, and so I kind of figured out a streamlined system on how to get them all through.' That inspired conversations within L.A. County's fire department to create a formalized system, now known as the Simple Triage And Rapid Treatment, or START, system. 'That's where my mind kind of goes, is how to organize something quickly and then make it go through a quick process and get it done,' he said. 'That's why it's so frustrating being in the Legislature, because you see a problem and you think, 'Okay, well, let's see, we can do this, this and this, and then let's get it going. And it doesn't go like that.' Seyarto stepped into elected office when he ran for Murrieta City Council in 1997 while still working for the fire department. He served on the city council until 2006, then stepped away to spend more time with his wife and three daughters. He retired from firefighting in 2015 and returned to the council in 2016, serving a total of four stints as mayor. In 2020, he won a seat in the state Assembly, where he served two years before switching to the Senate. He now serves on seven committees and is vice chair of four of them: appropriations, natural resources, public safety and housing. Seyarto doesn't focus on wildfire legislation as a state senator — he says he prefers to apply what he learned in the fire service to various policy areas. He has only introduced a few bills related to wildfires since 2021, none of which has passed. The Legislature's role So how does Seyarto think the Legislature should approach wildfires? Seyarto said the Legislature's most impactful role would be to pursue a comprehensive statewide strategy focused on prevention, response and recovery instead of the piecemeal approach the state often takes with legislation targeted toward a specific community impacted by a fire. He said a comprehensive approach would require a bipartisan effort that brings together experts in the various issues involved: housing, insurance and local governments. 'We have to figure those things out, and we can't figure them out if we're having Democrat caucus discussions only, or Republican caucus discussions only,' he said. 'This is a whole legislature (joined by) experts in the field type of issue.' In general, Seyarto said stopping a fire once it has started is challenging. That's why risk management is key, he says: identifying fire hazard zones and hiring enough staff to clear brush or manage controlled burns that can prevent fires from starting or spreading. He also introduced a bill last month that would allow evacuation routes in fire hazard zones to be eligible for funds under Proposition 4, which voters approved last year to fund climate-related projects. 'It's all about saving those people first, and so having evacuation routes … and not allowing a bureaucratic structure to obstruct the process,' he said. 'It's that kind of bureaucratic process, especially when it relates to public safety that we really need to kind of eliminate … so we don't keep repeating the same catastrophes, one after another, after another.'
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Yahoo
NM legislative roundup Feb. 11: ¡Pala power!
Democratic Sen. Leo Jaramillo (center) from Española joins irrigators and acequia managers in a march around the New Mexico Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (Danielle Prokop / Source NM) Mayordomos and other acequia advocates from across New Mexico gathered at the Roundhouse on Tuesday, carrying shovels and signs calling on lawmakers to expand a recurring stream of funding for the historic waterways. New Mexico has more than 700 of the vital irrigation channels, and recent wildfires and other disasters have caused millions of dollars of damage to them far beyond what lawmakers have approved so far. Specifically, acequias will need $68 million in the coming decades to fix damage caused by disasters or harden against future ones, according to a recent rough estimate. To that end, the New Mexico Acequia Association is pushing House Bill 330, which would create a recurring infrastructure fund for acequias and land grants. You can read more here about what acequia leaders are seeking this session. Association Director Paula Garcia told Source New Mexico in a phone interview Tuesday that the extra funding is vital amid federal delays in funding acequia restoration and even freezes. Her association had a $200,000 'equity in conservation' grant from the National Resource Conservation Service it used to provide technical assistance to acequias in Lincoln and Rio Arriba counties, which were affected by fires and floods last year. New Mexico's acequias outline 2025 legislative priorities The grant was frozen, Garcia said, probably due to some kind of 'misunderstanding that it had to do with diversity.' It was a major source of funding for the small nonprofit, she said. In fact, 'We used that funding to help everybody,' she said. 'For under-served, rural areas.' Approximately 75 acequias sustained damage in the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire, and Garcia estimated that 10 of them, at most, had received the major construction they needed to repair from past damage or prepare for future floods. Around the time the acequia demonstration occurred Tuesday, lawmakers in the House Agriculture, Acequias and Water Resources Committee were hearing a bill allowing the funding of the Strategic Water Supply. Lawmakers narrowly approved the bill, which would approve up to $75 million to be spent as the state creates a market for the sale of treated brackish and produced water. Garcia said her association has not taken a position on the strategic water supply, but she did share some concerns that she's brought to the attention of the bill's sponsors. For one, she's concerned that brackish water more than 2,500 feet below the surface isn't subject to the same water rights application process as water closer to the surface. She is also seeking assurances that no produced water will be granted a discharge permit that would allow it to flow into rivers or farmers' fields via acequias. Proponents have repeatedly said no such permits would be allowed. 'It's a very significant leap in the way water management is being handled in New Mexico, so it should be done very carefully,' she said. The Senate Tax, Business and Transportation unanimously approved the Medical Psilocybin Act, which would create a program for New Mexicans to establish a program for medicinal use of psilocybin mushrooms. The House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee in the afternoon voted unanimously in favor of Rep. Marian Matthews' House Bill 111, which would require first responders in emergencies to make a 'reasonable effort' to find qualified service animals if they are missing. The committee also approved a proposal that would strengthen New Mexico's protections for journalists from unfair subpoenas by state government officials.
