Saturday Links: Orinda and Moraga Dubbed ‘The Bay Area’s Pacific Palisades’

  • In 2019, a Stanford-based climate researcher identified two East Bay communities, Orinda and Moraga, as having similar fire risk to Pacific Palisades. Since then, more than a third of home insurance policies in the area have been dropped by providers. [Chronicle]
  • Over 1100 inmates have been conscripted to help battle the ongoing fires in LA, earning as little as $29.80 per day. [KRON]
  • Sources close to the Trump administration indicate that they plan on undertaking large-scale immigration raids in Chicago, which will begin the day after his inauguration. [New York Times]
  • The Justice Department has announced a lawsuit against Walgreens, alleging that the company knowingly filed millions of illegal opioid prescriptions since 2012. [Washington…

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