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This image released by PRSA Los Angeles shows Steve Soboroff, president of Soboroff Partners, accepting his award for Outstanding Achievement in Public Affairs at the 48th Annual PRism Awards in Los Angeles, Nov. 7, 2012. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision for PRSA Los Angeles/AP Images, File)

Facing backlash over $500K salary, LA’s wildfire recovery czar agrees to work for free

Steve Soboroff is a longtime fixture in Los Angeles civic life who is now serving as chief recovery officer for the city’s wildfire comeback. He won’t take a salary after facing backlash over plans for him to be paid $500,000.
 
Motorists make their way along Pacific Coast Highway past beachfront homes destroyed by the Palisades Fire Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Pacific Coast Highway reopens nearly a month after devastating Southern California wildfires

 
A basketball is stuck in the net outside of a residence destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Southern California rain helps firefighters but creates risk of flooding and toxic ash runoff

 
Workers secure a net to prevent mudslides over the burned side of a mansion in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Rain in Southern California will aid firefighters but create a risk of toxic ash runoff

 
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk with Jason Hing, chief deputy of emergency services at the Los Angles Fire Department, left, and Capt. Jeff Brown, chief of Station 69, as they tour the Pacific Palisades neighborhood affected by recent wildfires in Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump proposes ‘getting rid of FEMA’ while touring disaster areas

 

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Over 50,000 under evacuation orders or warnings as wildfire imperils homes north of Los Angeles

 

As fire-fanning winds continue, Southern California readies for potential rain and toxic runoff

 
This photo taken by Pacific Palisades resident Darrin Hurwitz shows the Palisades Fire as it approaches homes in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (Darrin Hurwitz via AP)

Fire crews in Southern California quickly extinguish brush fires amid extreme fire weather

 
Stephen Miller attends the Conservative Political Action Conference or CPAC, at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Trump-allied group’s warnings may signal legal blueprint to attack ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions

 
Travis County, Texas Fire Engine 102 is stationed at the Asiliomar Bluffs as the sun rises over homes destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

LA’s Olympic venues were spared by wildfires, but the city’s rebuild could impact the Games’ runup

 
An aerial view shows the devastation by the Palisades Fire Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Ash and other dangers mean LA area residents who fled fires a week ago won’t be going home soon

 
A burned fire hydrant drips water in front of charred trees in Malibu, Calif., Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

For LA water issues, misinformation spreads nearly as fast as the wildfires

 
An aerial view shows the devastation from the Palisades Fire on beachfront homes Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Windy, flame-fanning weather eases up as progress made on LA-area fires

 
Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley talks during a news conference at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center in the West Carson area of Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

LA’s fire chief is at the center of a public spat with City Hall as wildfires rage

 
Los Angeles City Fire Captain Frank Lima, greets Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, as she joins California Governor Gavin Newsom, right, and Senator Alex Padilla, D-Calif., while surveying damage during the Palisades Fire Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP)

LA Mayor Karen Bass faces critical leadership test as questions emerge about wildfire response

 
President-elect Donald Trump talks to reporters after a meeting with Republican leadership at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

As wildfires rage in Los Angeles, Trump doesn’t offer much sympathy. He’s casting blame.

 
A VW van sits among burned out homes, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

New LA-area fire prompts more evacuations while over 10,000 structures lost to the 2 biggest blazes

 
Firefighters work a hydrant in front of the burning Bunny Museum, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in the Altadena section of Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Fire hydrants ran dry in Southern California just when they were needed most

 
A firefighter works from a deck as the Palisades Fire burns a beachfront property Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)

Hollywood Hills fire breaks out as deadly wildfires burn out of control across Los Angeles area

 
The Los Angeles City Hall building is seen in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes,File)

FBI agents search home of Los Angeles deputy mayor over City Hall bomb threat

 
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

New LAPD chief says he will work to protect immigrants ahead of Trump’s plans for mass deportations

 
Fans celebrate on the streets after the Los Angeles Dodgers won against the New York Yankees in the baseball World Series Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Los Angeles sees city bus burned, store thefts and rowdy crowds after Dodgers win World Series

 
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, right, and newly appointed police chief Jim McDonnell share a light moment during a news conference in Los Angeles, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Los Angeles mayor picks ex-sheriff to be city’s police chief

 
FILE - This aerial view shows traffic moving along the 110 Freeway past the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sept. 5, 2023. Los Angeles will host its third Olympic Games in 2028. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

No-car Games: Los Angeles Olympic venues will only be accessible by public transportation

 
FILE - Police officers walk past the remains of an armored Los Angeles Police Department tractor-trailer July 1, 2021, after illegal fireworks seized at a home exploded in South Los Angeles. Los Angeles will pay more than $21 million to settle claims by residents of a South LA neighborhood where police bungled the detonation of a cache of illegal fireworks three years ago, injuring multiple people and displacing dozens of others. The City Council unanimously approved the payments Tuesday, July 2, 2024, and the settlements will now go to Mayor Karen Bass for approval. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Los Angeles to pay $21M to settle claims over botched fireworks detonation by police 3 years ago

 
People sleep outside their tents set on the sidewalk early morning Wednesday, June 26, 2024 in the West Lake area of Los Angeles. The number of homeless residents counted in Los Angeles County has dipped slightly, decreasing by about 0.3% since last year as California continues to struggle with the long-running crisis of tens of thousands of people sleeping in cars and encampments. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Number of homeless residents in Los Angeles County decreases in annual count

 
FILE - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass waits to speak during a news conference in Los Angeles, Jan. 24, 2023. Police in Los Angeles arrested a suspect following a break-in at Bass' home, early Sunday, April 21, 2024, officials said. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Suspect was ‘targeting’ Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in home break-in, district attorney says

 
FILE - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass waits to speak during a news conference in Los Angeles, Jan. 24, 2023. Police in Los Angeles arrested a suspect following a break-in at Bass' home, early Sunday, April 21, 2024, officials said. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Suspect arrested in break-in at Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s home, police say

 
FILE - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass waits to speak during a news conference in Los Angeles, Jan. 24, 2023. Police in Los Angeles arrested a suspect following a break-in at Bass' home, early Sunday, April 21, 2024, officials said. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass safe after suspect breaks into official residence, police say

 

Cleanup begins at Los Angeles ‘trash house’ where entire property is filled with garbage and junk

 
Workers survey a mudslide Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in the Beverly Crest area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Los Angeles records 475 mudslides during historic storm that has drenched Southern California

 
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and the outgoing Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore discuss the city's 2023 crime statistics and safety priorities for 2024 amid the search for a new leader for the department at a news conference in Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Violent crime in Los Angeles decreased in 2023. But officials worry the city is perceived as unsafe

 
FILE - Los Angeles Police Chief Michael Moore speaks after being sworn in at the police academy on Thursday, June 28, 2018 in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles police chief announced his retirement Friday, Jan. 12, 2024 in an unexpected departure as the head of one of the nation’s largest law enforcement agencies.(AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Los Angeles police chief announces retirement after tumultuous tenure marked by pandemic, protests

 
A barefooted homeless person wanders through Gloria Molina Park, with the illuminated Los Angeles City Hall looming in the background in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Billions of dollars have been spent on homelessness in the region, and an array of new programs are in place. But Mayor Karen Bass says it's possible that the number of homeless people will continue to increase, in part because of evictions and the end of pandemic aid that helped pay bills for lower-income households. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Homeless numbers in Los Angeles could surge again, even as thousands move to temporary shelter

 
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