UmairMore Than a Week After the Fires, Los Angeles Evacuees Remain Stuck in Limbo
Ivy Spruell was looking forward to celebrating her 17th birthday last week with friends. Her grandfather mailed her a card, which she tucked away to open the morning of her…
L.A. Officials Warn of Compromised Drinking Water in Fire-Ravaged Areas
As fires across Los Angeles County start to wind down, health officials are warning about risks related to water systems in the area. Municipal water pipes damaged by fire can…
In Fire-Scarred Altadena, Some Residents Insist on Staying Put
Standing beside a bicycle, Juan Carranza told neighbors how National Guard troops had just stopped his niece from handing him a delivery of hot Mexican food at the edge of…
Donation Scams Compound Suffering for Wildfire Victims
Erin Berkowitz lost her rental home in Altadena to the Eaton fire. The blaze destroyed her home art studio, the outdoor kitchen where she created textile dyes and her business…
California Issues Order to Ease Housing Crisis Set Off by Fires
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at expediting the construction of temporary housing for the tens of thousands of Los Angeles County residents who…
It Could Take Weeks Before Displaced L.A. Residents Can Go Home
The tens of thousands of people displaced by the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area are increasingly anxious to know when they can return home — or to what…
The Los Angeles Fires Burned Livelihoods, Too
The comfort and gleam of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles depended on the people who waded through rush-hour traffic on the 405 Freeway or the Pacific Coast Highway…
Tacos, Water and ‘Homies’: A Gas Station Becomes a Uniquely L.A. Relief Site
It was Sunday afternoon and the Arco gas station was buzzing. Four lowriders, parked alongside gas pumps, gleamed in the afternoon sun in Altadena. Carne asada sizzled on a grill…
Tacos, Water and ‘Homies’: A Gas Station Becomes a Uniquely L.A. Relief Site
It was Sunday afternoon and the Arco gas station was buzzing. Four lowriders, parked alongside gas pumps, gleamed in the afternoon sun in Altadena. Carne asada sizzled on a grill…
United by Disaster, L.A. Mourns,and Hopes, Together
It took a wind-whipped inferno to shrink the famously sprawling geography of Los Angeles — somehow, when everyone knows someone who has lost everything, the place feels smaller. Phones suddenly…
