Sandhya Kambhampati
Data and Graphics Reporter at Los Angeles Times
reporter, focusing on demographic data @latimes/@datagraphics. Teach @uscannenberg. Likes stats, puzzles & ice cream. email: [email protected] | she/her
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2 weeks 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 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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1 month ago |
latimes.com | Noah Haggerty |Sean Greene |Sandhya Kambhampati
In the over four decades the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has been mapping wildfire hazard, the Legislature has referenced, cross-referenced and cross-referenced their cross-references of the maps in over 100 fire-safety regulations across the state’s reams of statutory and regulatory codes — including highway safety, building requirements and insurance law. This year, Cal Fire increased the zones by nearly 6 million acres — representing about 6% of the state.
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2 months ago |
havasunews.com | Doug Smith |Sandhya Kambhampati
Real estate losses from the Palisades and Eaton fires could top $30 billion, and government agencies that receive revenue from taxes stand to lose $61 million or more annually while homes are being rebuilt, a Times analysis shows. The analysis, comparing California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection assessments of buildings destroyed and damaged with Los Angeles County assessor parcel records, gives new perspective to the extent of the toll on the two communities.
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RT @latimes: After the L.A. fires, officials refused to perform comprehensive soil testing to ensure properties in burn zones are free of f…