LA County lawmaker calls for state audit of Eaton, Palisades fire responses

In the wake of the deadly Eaton and Palisades fires, Assemblymember John Harabedian

A local lawmaker is calling on the state Assembly to appoint an independent state auditor to examine the emergency responses to the deadly Eaton and Palisades fires, in hopes that lingering questions in the months since the disasters can be answered.

“Generally speaking, why did alerts not go out? The 18 deaths in Altadena happened primarily in the western part of Altadena, where the fires had been...