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Thousands of homes and businesses were destroyed in the Eaton fire in Altadena. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Amid firestorms and extended red flag warnings, the idea of a weekend rainstorm is a balm for Southern California’s soul. And the rain could help with the firefight, but forecasters say it probably will not … Read more

Drone images of western Altadena, where residents received an evacuation order many hours after the Eaton fire exploded. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Rodney Nickerson had felt the Santa Ana winds blow through Altadena before. He’d lived there since 1968, when he bought his three-bedroom house on Alta Pine Drive with $5 … Read more

ASAP Rocky attends Rihanna’s fourth annual Diamond Ball benefiting the Clara Lionel Foundation at Cipriani Wall Street in September 2018 in New York City. (Getty Images for Diamond Ball) ASAP Rocky is about to hit the peak of his career — or have the worst year of his life. The 36-year-old Brooklyn rapper and Rihanna … Read more

President Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on Monday. (Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images) As Los Angeles rebuilds from a devastating wildfire that destroyed swaths of Pacific Palisades, the city’s access to federal money could be imperiled by one of President Trump’s first-day immigration actions targeting “sanctuary cities.” An executive … Read more

Wind-whipped embers fly over a home on Vinedo Avenue during the Eaton fire on Jan. 7, 2025, in Altadena. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Even as the flames still raged, the impulse to quickly restore two devastated communities to what they once were became a political imperative. First Gov. Gavin Newsom, then Los Angeles … Read more

The Santa Ynez Reservoir in Pacific Palisades before the Jan. 7 wildfire. (Google Earth) After flames leveled nearly 500 homes in Bel-Air and Brentwood in 1961, Los Angeles had a reckoning over firefighting. By 1964, city leaders had added 13 fire stations, mapped out fire hydrants, purchased helicopters and dispatched more crews to the Santa … Read more

Anthony Mitchell Sr. poses with two of his great-grandchildren. The Altadena patriarch died in the fast-moving Eaton fire Wednesday while waiting to be evacuated with his disabled son. (Photo credited to Anthony Mitchell) Facing mounting questions over a chaotic evacuation, top L.A. County officials say they want to build a database of residents with disabilities … Read more

A bulldozer cuts containment lines above homes in Mandeville Canyon to prevent more damage from the Palisade fireon Monday, Jan. 13, 2025 in Encino. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) Since the Palisades Fire broke out on Jan. 7, it has burned almost 24,000 acres through Pacific … Read more

This California city lost thousands of homes to fire. Santa Rosa’s rebuilding has lessons for L.A. Coffey Park after 2017 Tubbs fire (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times) Coffey Park on Jan. 16, 2025 (Paul Kuroda/For The Times) The sky above their newly built homes was clear, and the ground beneath their feet reassuringly soggy from recent … Read more

A Marine helicopter carrying former President Biden and Jill Biden flies past the Lincoln Memorial after the Bidens Monday’s inauguration. (Brendan McDermid / Pool photo via AP) Former President Biden and former First Lady Jill Biden are spending their first days after leaving the White House in Santa Barbara County, according to media reports. The … Read more