The Los Angeles fires are a soul-crushing and city-defining disaster. Callous voices have called it a city-destroying event, but they don’t know Los Angeles very well.
A surfer’s experience is a grim preview of what likely lies ahead for many Californians after wildfires wiped out entire neighborhoods.
Malibu's serene beauty before the wildfires included stunning coastlines and celebrity havens. Here's what the community looked like before the devastation.
Gardeners, housekeepers and car wash workers living paycheck to paycheck are out of work as LA fires damaged homes and businesses. Their losses may be permanent.
Miley Cyrus is empathizing with those who’ve lost homes or been displaced by the ongoing wildfires currently tearing through the Los Angeles area. On Saturday, the 32-year-old pop star and actor, who lost her Malibu home in 2018 to the Woolsey fire,
They either have a death wish, they’re stupid, or there’s something else going on that we don’t understand. But we want the water that they’re
When Lucy Walker debuted her harrowing documentary about California wildfires, "Bring Your Own Brigade," at Sundance in 2021, it was during peak COVID.
The Palisades fire wreaked significant havoc on the nearby city of Malibu. In an interview, Mayor Doug Stewart said that the state has taken charge of debris removal efforts, praising its effective management of the cleanup after the 2018 Woolsey fire, but the process of building back is a long one.
It's part of the reason I left California was this perfect storm of mismanagement and a failure of leadership." Cain said that when the Woolsey Fire hit in 2018, it burned his backyard but not his house. "We're used to this in Malibu," he explained.
Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared across the Los Angeles area.
Nine days of exile, and I return to a world transformed. The acrid smell of smoke that fills my lungs is nothing compared to the heaviness in my heart. I am one of the lucky ones — my home still stands,