City of Los Angeles, CA

Offices, apartment buildings and retail locations in Los Angeles face a tangle of difficulties as the smoke clears from January's wildfires. High on the list is inadequate insurance, a common problem in California.

As climate change causes more frequent disasters, more mortgages are at risk of going underwater. How can banks limit their exposure?

When a house is lost, so is much of the collateral on the mortgage. Here's how both lenders and homeowners can bounce back.

For the first time since the Eaton Fire erupted more than a month ago, Altadena has a bank branch that's open for business.

Until last month, Altadena was a flourishing melting pot. Now, with thousands of houses burned and no functioning banks, residents wonder if it will ever be the same.

A measure passed by the city council, which still needs final approval, would require banks that want city contracts to disclose whether they set individual or branch-level sales requirements. It comes in response to the Wells Fargo fake account scandal.