The Latest Breaking News from Erica Lopez Bedolla

Column: State Farm is right. California can’t keep building housing in high-risk places

Back in January, on a dark night of pelting rain, Erica Lopez Bedolla had only minutes to evacuate her family from the impoverished Central Valley town of Planada after a levee broke.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 19, 2023

Can Planada recover from January storms? 'You have a community that is angry'

PLANADA, Calif. — Once the levee broke, the water rose so quickly that in the few minutes it took Erica Lopez Bedolla to decide to evacuate and gather her children and a few necessities, it had surged from her ankles to her knees.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 16, 2023