On a sweltering day in August, as record-breaking wildfires raged throughout the state, we visited a recently-renovated home tucked into a high fire zone on the Hollywood hillside — a home designed to ...

Key opportunities include expanding construction industry demands, advances in flame-retardant polymers and adhesive ...

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There’s no such thing as a fireproof house, yet, but that hasn’t stopped one builder from trying. Los Angeles-based KB Home unveiled its Dixon Trail development in Escondido this week that it calls ...