Start of Eaton Fire Focus Attention on Southern California Edison
Early on the evening of Jan. 7, a resident of a neighborhood of homes backed up against the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California saw what he described as a…
Evacuation Orders Given Late to Altadena Area Where Eaton Fire Deaths Were Concentrated
As the first embers of the Eaton fire began showering homes in Pasadena and Altadena, Calif., this month, evacuation orders went out within minutes. But one neighborhood did not get…
The Design Legacy of Los Angeles That Fell to the Fires
More than a week after Los Angeles’s devastating fires began, the losses to the region’s rich architectural legacy are becoming clearer. The fires have already destroyed more of the county’s…
Living Through the Fires, and Covering Them
The Push and Pull of Los Angeles: Beauty and Danger By Somini Sengupta Somini Sengupta is a climate reporter who has lived across Los Angeles. Often when you’re visiting Los…
The Los Angeles Fires Didn’t Destroy Their Homes, but the Damage Is Unbearable
As soon as an evacuation order was lifted in her neighborhood, Arlynn Page raced back to her charred street in Altadena, Calif., to see what was left of her hillside…
Rescuing Pongo, Pearl, Bandit, Tiger and Zipper
David Pierce shouted to his wife, Jane Pierce, to pack, as embers rained down on their block in Altadena. Ms. Pierce set to work on finding the 15 items on…
How Will L.A. Rebuild? Tubbs Fire Recovery in Wine Country Offers Clues.
Donna and Bob Williamson call the strange souvenirs pulled from the ashes of their home their Museum of Misery. There is the green wine bottle that melted, its glass neck…
He Saved His Home From Fire. But Toxic Dangers Still Lurk.
Armed with two garden hoses hooked up to a sputtering tap, Matthew Craig battled fire and smoke to save his house from the onslaught of flames that devastated much of…