Get the latest updates on the LA-area wildfires that have killed at least 25 and forced thousands from their homes.

This scrutiny kicked off in February with a union-backed inquiry into price-gouging produced by former ... Then-Nine CEO Mike Sneesby carries the Olympic torch in Paris while staff at home were ...

The state of California maintains a list of areas designated as disasters and where price gouging is illegal under the statute Penal Code 396. “Gouging” is defined as raising the rent − or ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom extended price gouging protections on rental housing Thursday, while the state’s top law enforcement official vowed to crack down on landlords who are ignoring the rules ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Thursday his office is actively investigating and preparing criminal charges against landlords, real estate agents and other businesses that have raised ...

Jason Oppenheim, star of Netflix's "Selling Sunset," has accused Los Angeles landlords of illegally price gouging rental rates amid the city's devastating fires. In an interview with the BBC's ...

Temporary price-gouging protections in place because of the fires are supposed to stop such dramatic rent hikes, but a Times review of online listings this week indicate illegal increases are ...

Landlords decide to raise them — and there’s evidence that’s happening all over LA right now, despite laws designed to prevent them from price-gouging during an emergency. See here ...

Rent increases of more than 10% from pre-fire levels violate California’s prohibition on price gouging, which was triggered by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s declaration of a state of emergency around ...

But unscrupulous landlords who are jacking up prices are making it hard. "The price gouging is going haywire, it's obscene," the 50-year-old stylist told AFP. "I can't find anywhere for us to go." ...

As thousands of Californians flee the ongoing Palisades and Eaton fires in Southern California, authorities are cracking down on potential price gouging. Under California Penal Code 396(c ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- As thousands of displaced families look for a place to stay due to the wildfires, the state has issued a series of protections, including one against price gouging.