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Recording Academy CEO on Grammy performances, wildfires impact and more – CBS News Watch CBS News Harvey Mason Jr., the CEO of the Recording Academy, joins “CBS Mornings Plus” to talk about performances at this year’s Grammy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, and the impact of the L.A. area wildfires. Be the first to know Get browser notifications …

Artists, songwriters who lost their homes in L.A. wildfires participate in benefit – CBS News Watch CBS News Music’s biggest artists came together Thursday to raise funds for people displaced by the devastating wildfires in the L.A. area. Working artists, songwriters and session and touring musicians throughout Los Angeles lost their homes, instruments and studios in the fires, including some …

Music’s biggest stars help raise money for California wildfire victims – CBS News Watch CBS News On Thursday, dozens of artists gathered to perform at two different venues in L.A. as part of a massive benefit concert to help victims of the California wildfires. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. …

Los Angeles — Reality TV couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are suing the city of Los Angeles after losing their Pacific Palisades home in the wildfires that have torn through Southern California in recent weeks. The couple, who rose to stardom on “The Hills,” a spin-off of “Laguna Beach,” filed the lawsuit Tuesday along with more than 20 other …

Firefighters on Wednesday confronted persistently strong and dry winds fueling two giant wildfires that have terrified Los Angeles for eight days, testing the resolve of a city upended by the worst disaster in its history. Officials urged residents to remain vigilant and be prepared to evacuate at a moment’s notice with peak wind gusts forecast to last through Thursday afternoon. …

After decades of mounting damage from climate-fueled natural disasters, researchers have compiled many misery-filled data sets that trace the economic fallout over weeks, months and years. The fires still burning in Los Angeles are sure to rank among America’s most expensive — but there is no perfect analogue for them, making it difficult to forecast the ultimate cost. The main …

It’s too soon to know how the Los Angeles fires will change life in California, but it may heavily depend on the answer to a single question: Will a once-obscure insurance program run out of money? That program, the California FAIR Plan, was created by state lawmakers in 1968 to cover people who couldn’t get standard home insurance for various …

It kills more people each year than car crashes, war or drugs do. This invisible killer is the air pollution from sources like cars and trucks or factory smokestacks. But as wildfires intensify and grow more frequent in a warming world, the smoke from these fires is emerging as a new and deadly pollution source, health experts say. By some …

From above the raging flames, these planes can unleash immense tankfuls of bright pink fire retardant in just 20 seconds. They have long been considered vital in the battle against wildfires. But emerging research has shown that the millions of gallons of retardant sprayed on the landscape to tame wildfires each year come with a toxic burden, because they contain …