Los Angeles, battle-tested by fires, confronts new challenges to its resilience and community
Trial by fire.” It’s a cliché, but Los Angeles has a way of validating clichés — riots, earthquakes and fires are part of ...
Opinion
Harrowing Media Footage of California Wildfires Shows Catastrophic Toll
The story is deeply personal for LA-based reporters, who have put their lives on the line to cover the devastation in their own communities. “Everyone you know is affected somehow,” says one CNN ...
A Blistering Inferno. A Whirling Tornado. A Shocking Crash.
Aerial firefighters have always been a critical line of defense against raging wildfires. But increasingly extreme blazes and ...
‘It Was Biblical’: Ash and Flame Upend Life in Southern California
Wind-whipped wildfire blew through communities of every socioeconomic status and stripe, merging, psychically if not ...
‘Completely Dry’: How Los Angeles Firefighters Ran Out of Water
As wildfires roar into residential neighborhoods, firefighters in California and elsewhere are finding that water systems can ...
Battle-tested Los Angeles faces fires that challenge its resilience and sense of community
It’s a cliché, but Los Angeles has a way of validating clichés — riots, earthquakes and fires are part of life here. One ...
‘This is our house’: Mom and son fought off Palisades fire with pump, hose and pool water
A mother and her son, a UCLA freshman, fought to save their house in Pacific Palisades, using a hose to keep the flames at ...
View of LA Fire From Topanga State Park Goes Viral: 'The Devastation'
Social media users were stunned by the view of the Palisades Fire in the viral clip, with one saying: "This is awful." ...