Sandhya Kambhampati
Data and Graphics Reporter at Los Angeles Times
reporter, focusing on demographic data @latimes/@datagraphics. Teach @uscannenberg. email: [email protected] | she/her
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1 month ago |
latimes.com | Liam Dillon |Koko Nakajima |Sandhya Kambhampati
In what’s believed to be a first-of-its-kind program, L.A. city and county building officials will use artificial intelligence to assist with permitting for rebuilding after January’s wildfires. The software, donated by wildfire recovery foundations, aims to speed up a process already being criticized as moving too slowly. Disaster recovery and government technology experts said permitting was a good use of AI technology, but cautioned that human oversight was needed.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | Liam Dillon |Koko Nakajima |Sandhya Kambhampati
1 day agoInsurers seek to surcharge California homeowners for L.A. County fire costsInsurers are seeking to charge homeowners across California for some of the costs of the catastrophic Los Angeles County fires the companies were burdened with when the state’s insurer of last resort needed a bailout. The California FAIR Plan Assn., with the approval of state Insurance Commissioner …1 day agoThree and a Half Months Later, Los Angeles County Has Issued . . .
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2 months ago |
thederrick.com | Laurence Darmiento |Sandhya Kambhampati
LOS ANGELES — When Diane Hvolka’s home burned down in January, the real estate attorney didn’t lose just her Pacific Palisades residence but a link to her teenage daughter, who died two years ago. The tragic loss of her only child — whose room she had left untouched — has left her determined to rebuild on her Glenhaven Drive property.
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2 months ago |
dailyitem.com | Laurence Darmiento |Sandhya Kambhampati
LOS ANGELES — When Diane Hvolka’s home burned down in January, the real estate attorney didn’t lose just her Pacific Palisades residence but a link to her teenage daughter, who died two years ago. The tragic loss of her only child — whose room she had left untouched — has left her determined to rebuild on her Glenhaven Drive property.
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2 months ago |
latimes.com | Laurence Darmiento |Sandhya Kambhampati
Pacific Palisades property owner Diane Hvolka said she was promised a $550,000 check from the state’s FAIR Plan in early February that has yet to arrive. “This is so frustrating. I’ve been chasing them ever since.”When Diane Hvolka’s home burned down in January, the real estate attorney didn’t lose just her Pacific Palisades residence but a link to her teenage daughter, who died two years ago.
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RT @latimes: AI is coming soon to speed up sluggish permitting for fire rebuilds, officials say. https://t.co/xSvQjbm4in
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