The Palisades fire has decimated Malibu, destroying around a third of the coastal city’s eastern flank and much of a picturesque stretch of Pacific Coast […]
Tag: Fires and Firefighters
Firefighters Battle to Keep Palisades Blaze From Pushing Into Mandeville Canyon
Fire officials battling the Palisades blaze, the largest in the Los Angeles area, said late Saturday that they had made progress, managing to stop the […]
Middle-class Dreams Lie In Ruins in Palisades Mobile Home Park
Up on Amalfi Drive in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, luxury homes owned by celebrities are still standing. But down at the Pacific […]
Synagogue Congregation Grieves in New Home After L.A. Fires
Rabbi Gold Jill Wright looked out at her congregation Friday night and uttered a simple statement, with a significant pause. “I noticed that you are […]
Amid Evacuations for the L.A. Fires, Fears of Looting Take Hold
A resident checking people’s identifications. Neighbors following a man because he is wearing a backpack. Rumors spreading of a trespasser caught stealing Emmys and Oscars. […]
Watch Duty, a Wildfire-Tracking App, Provides a Lifeline in Los Angeles
Paulette Lifton woke up on her 67th birthday on Tuesday morning in a panic to smoke pluming in the distance of her home in the […]
Mexico and Canada Are Sending Firefighters to California to Help Put Out Wildfires
When Canada was fighting wildfires in Alberta, Quebec and British Columbia in 2023, blazes that would go on to eventually burn more than 45 million […]
Pacific Palisades Fire Could Test Getty Center’s Efforts to Protect Its Art Collection
Angelenos woke up Saturday morning to find that the Getty Center, one of Los Angeles’s most renowned art museums, is now squarely in the mandatory […]
For Just Dollars a Day, Inmates Fight California’s Fires
More than 900 inmates have battled the deadly flames that have ripped through the Los Angeles area. They are “working to cut fire lines and […]
Los Angeles Geared Up for Fire Risk, but Fell Short
Follow continuing coverage of the wildfires in Southern California. The alert came in blaring, hot-pink, all-caps: Be prepared for a “LIFE THREATENING & DESTRUCTIVE WINDSTORM!!!” […]