In a race to clean up Altadena, businesses are on their own
Four months after an inferno ripped through Altadena, a time capsule of rubble and the shells of gutted shops and restaurants still line the business district of North Lake Avenue. ...
Tag: Fires
Ravaged Palisades mobile home park now eligible for federal debris removal: ‘It feels hopeful’
Residents of the fire-ravaged Tahitian Terrace mobile home park in Pacific Palisades who are facing deep uncertainty about whether their community will be rebuilt — a decision that is out ...
Top LAFD union officers suspended after audit flags $800,000 in credit card spending
The president and two other top officers of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s labor union were suspended from their posts Monday after an investigation by the union’s parent organization found ...
At historic home of Will Rogers, a painful question after fire: What comes next?
The sun had just set on the West Coast on Jan. 7 when Jennifer Rogers’ phone pinged in Oklahoma. What played on her screen was a 14-second video message: A ...
How we tested the soil in Altadena and Pacific Palisades
Over three days in late March, four Los Angeles Times environment reporters and an editor fanned out across the Eaton and Palisades burn scars to collect 40 soil samples from ...
The L.A. wildfires left lead and other toxins in the soil of burn zones. Here are their health risks
The Eaton and Palisades fires released mountains of hazardous material as flames chewed through old homes layered with lead paint and asbestos, kitchen cabinets filled with cleaning solutions, and cars, ...
Contributor: When you lose your home to fire, you wonder: Who am I now?
You might think a house is just a house, and the stuff inside is just stuff — but you’d think differently if it were yours and it vanished in an ...
Critic of embattled Dolton, Illinois Mayor Tiffany Henyard sees business destroyed by ‘suspicious’ fire: officials
An Illinois business belonging to a vocal critic of an embattled Democratic mayor went up in flames earlier this week in what is being investigated as a “suspicious” incident. “The fire is ...
Replacing cookbooks lost in the L.A. fires is a meaningful act for this local shop. You can help
Los Angeles is nearly four months removed from the wildfires that destroyed more than 18,000 homes and structures in January, but much of the damage remains — both emotional and ...
Accused firebug charged with 3 blazes — including one that killed 103-year-old man and his partner
A suspected firebug has been charged with setting three separate blazes in Texas — including one that killed a 103-year-old man and his partner, according to authorities. John Howard Ore, ...
