LOS ANGELES COUNTY—Survivors of the Eaton Fire urged state and county officials July 7 to hold insurance companies accountable as they struggle to rebuild six months after the blaze destroyed their communities.
As Gov. Gavin Newsom and Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara joined other officials at a news conference held in Pasadena to mark the six-month anniversary of the deadly Eaton and Palisades fires that claimed 30 lives and destroyed thousands of structures in January, Eaton Fire Survivors Network—a nonprofit group advocating for fire survivors—held a press conference to voice their concerns about insurance companies a few miles away in Altadena….