California’s evacuees agonized over when to leave and what to take. These are the items they grabbed – and left behind
As Santa Ana winds propelled a series of raging wildfires that wiped out homes and businesses across once-picturesque swaths ...
Their homes torched amid a housing crisis, L.A. residents wonder where to go
With thousands of houses destroyed by fire, one of the most populous cities in the United States must confront the fraught ...
Why Los Angeles was unprepared for this fire
In Los Angeles’s chaparral-covered ecosystem, wildfires in the mountains are an annual ritual. But when those fires leaped ...
Raging Fires in Los Angeles Raze Homes and Force Evacuations
Evacuees sought refuge and medical care at a Red Cross-run evacuation shelter at the Westwood Recreation Center in Los ...
As L.A. Fires Destroy Numerous Houses of Worship, Communities Vow to Persevere
The Los Angeles area is home to more than 600,000 Jews, the second-largest community in the United States. The Pasadena ...
Live Updates: New evacuation orders in Palisades Fire as blaze moves east
The Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, Lidia and Kenneth fires are burning in Southern California, destroying more than 12,000 ...
The Best Time to Fireproof Los Angeles Was Yesterday
Can a city lose an entire neighborhood now and simply shuffle on, dragging the local memory like a ghost limb?
It doesn’t matter what L.A.’s fire budget was—no city is prepared for climate change
Local governments are seeing greater impacts of climate change, and though most have emergency management departments, it’s ...
The architecturally significant houses destroyed in L.A.’s fires
Historic landmarks by the likes of Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey and a noted Midcentury retreat by architect Ray Kappe have been ...
Los Angeles fires: More than 10,000 homes and businesses destroyed, at least 11 dead
Multiple wildfires, including the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, are raging across Southern California Friday, leaving at ...
Update: Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County at 8% containment
Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 21,595.8 acres after being active for ...