KAANAPALI, Maui >> Jessica Lorenzo rushes to take care of the lunch crowd in the dining room of Leilani’s on the Beach in Kaanapali, which in the 17 or so months since the 2023 Lahaina wildfire has started to return to normalcy.

A former Billboard editor-in-chief (and THR music editor) and her family escaped the inferno that reduced her beloved Maui town to ashes. She offers actionable steps for those in the same position following the blazes raging across Los Angeles.

Maui County Council members voted unanimously Friday on a bill that could preserve parts of a historic structure ravaged by the 2023 Lahaina wildfire before the site is cleared. Council member Tamara Paltin said the historic Spring House in Lahaina,

The final phase of the state Department of the Attorney General’s investigation of the Aug. 8, 2023, Lahaina wildfire, which killed 102 people, recommends hiring a state fire marshal and actions government must take to protect communities from wildfires.

When Lahaina was destroyed by fire, Hawaii officials said California was there to help and added that it was our turn to do the same.

A bill related to the demolition of the historic Lahaina Library and Spring House that was ravaged by the 2024 Lahaina wildfire is on the Maui County Council’s agenda for Friday. The meeting is scheduled to start at 9 a.

Devastating fires in Lahaina, Hawaii and Paradise, California share a crucial root cause with the LA blazes. It's a clue to our fire future.

Thousands had to find new roofs over their head after the fires in 2023, but data from the Department of Taxation shows the vast majority stayed on Maui.

Maui County is encouraging residents to attend their Lahaina Community Meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 8 at the Lahaina Intermediate School cafeteria to discuss

As deadly wildfires ravaged Los Angeles and destroyed thousands of structures in January 2025, an image of a red-roofed house surrounded by scorched rubble was shared in social media posts that falsely claimed it survived the blazes because its owner is Muslim and the Koran was inside.

A report commissioned by the Hawaii Attorney General emphasized that the state must make it a priority to hire staff for the newly created Office of State Marshall to improve its response to devastating wildfires going forward.