What the Fires Revealed About Los Angeles Culture
W hen wildfires broke out across Los Angeles earlier this month, many publications began to frame the incalculable tragedy ...
Opinion: After the Los Angeles fires stop burning, another grave risk to lives and property looms
Mudslides and debris flows are a risk around Altadena, Pacific Palisades and other areas affected by the wildfires, which can ...
Why California’s wildfire crisis is more than just an ecological problem
California’s wildfire crisis is as much a social and political problem as it is an ecological one. The expansion of housing ...
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Almost a century before Trump, the US deported its Mexicans
Faced with the brunt of the Great Depression, the Hoover deportations marked a nadir in American 20th century policy.
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The Fire Next Time
Joan Didion wrote that “the city burning is Los Angeles’s deepest image of itself.” Since then, insurance companies and ...
For historically Black Altadena, the combined wildfire loss of generational wealth and personal heirlooms is indescribable
For many African Americans who built their lives and businesses in historically Black communities like Altadena, the combined ...
Navajo Nation firefighters battle wildfires in Los Angeles
A quick-strike crew of Native American firefighters and journeymen utility workers from the Navajo Nation are helping Los ...
The history of some Southern California tunnels and why they were built
The earliest tunnels in Southern California were built for shelter, or mining purposes, but as civilization encroached, the ...
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Condolences sent to US over deadly wildfires in Los Angeles
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on January 14 sent condolences to US Secretary of State ...
For 200 years LA has been close to the edge. Now it’s fallen over it
Joan Didion, that most perceptive observer of Los Angeles life, was obsessed with the Santa Ana winds and the fires they ...
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L.A. Wildfire Threat Remains ‘Very High’ as Death Count Rises
LOS ANGELES—The Santa Ana winds aren’t done provoking the historic Los Angeles fires that have so far claimed at least two dozen lives. The death count from the fires rose to 24 from 16 ...
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What we know about the people killed in the Los Angeles wildfires
Details are starting to emerge of the victims of the Los Angeles fires - and at least two died trying to protect the homes where they raised families for decades. The number of people killed by ...