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Part 2 of our consideration of the influential architect, planner, and educator.

After a decade of battling, lawmakers just exempted infill urban development from the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA.

Planners, architects, builders, developers, REALTORS® and even insurance companies are rallying to get a handle on resilient design.

By Ronnie Siegel The Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) is the area where the built environment meets wildlands. We can reduce the risk of WUI wildfires with a landscape approach. This involves underst…

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The texts on the Signal encrypted messaging service revealed disagreements about whether to strike Houthis in Yemen.

Walkable neighborhoods and buildings that frame the public realm should be part of any fire rebuilding effort in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, experts report to CNU.

Planning and urban design experts discuss recovery from wildfires relative to the LA fire disasters and wildfire recovery and planning in general. The panel included Neal Payton of Torti Gallas, Barry Long of Urban Design Associates, and Kate Blystone of Maui County. The moderator was Robert Steuteville.

Affordable Homes & Communities' Paul Bernard on The Westerly in D.C. and the complexities of developing mixed-income, mixed-use communities.

A political diatribe accuses new urbanists of limiting liberty and imposing an exclusive vision on America. With support among liberals and conservatives, New Urbanism uses common sense to increase fr...

The city should reconsider the single-use land patterns of Pacific Palisades and Altadena and enact zoning reforms.

From wildfires to AI to spending cuts — three stress tests for public institutions

"Let's buy California from Donald Trump!...California could be ours, and we need your help to make it happen," the petition reads.

The city should reconsider the single-use land patterns of Pacific Palisades and Altadena and enact zoning reforms.

The city should reconsider the single-use land patterns of Pacific Palisades and Altadena and enact zoning reforms.

Elon Musk either had a slipped-mask moment or is supremely awkward.

Examining misinformation, leadership, and systemic challenges in the Los Angeles fire crisis

A squadron of firefighting aircraft and convenient water supplies were key in saving Brentwood and Encino from the growing Palisades fire last weekend.

For years, renowned fire experts Jack Cohen and Stephen Pyne have tried to shift the conversation on fire prevention strategies. This week’s destruction, they say, could have been minimized.

California’s high-speed rail   He remembers, for example, watching for hotboxes on cars equipped with the friction bearings that were common at the time. “Every time we stopped, the swing brakeman...