What’s that smell? Readers share the scents that remind them of L.A.
From wafting tar pits and smells of the beach to native plants and a chocolate factory, our readers smelled Los Angeles and ...
The Atlantic20d
Los Angeles’s Ash Problem
When I saw gardeners arriving armed with leaf blowers, my heart sank. (Los Angeles County has temporarily banned their use because they throw up so much dust.) But no one knew exactly the right ...
The New York Times22d
To Be From L.A. Is to Know Its Twin Temptations: Beauty and Danger
In the case of Los Angeles that includes a considerable amount of scenic overlooking. The fire this time, though, is likely to force a reckoning over what lessons we should learn from the past ...
Bloomberg L.P.22d
The LA Wildfires Should Change the Way We Live
It may be weeks, and likely months, before we have the full measure of the catastrophe wrought by the Los Angeles fires. It’s possible the scale, at least in terms of property damage ...
The New York Times23d
How Los Angeles Dreams Became Kindling
Los Angeles grew as developers pushed further into feral spaces to plant suburbia.Credit... Supported by By Mark Arax Photographs by Ricardo Nagaoka Mr. Arax has been writing about California’s ...
Scientific American23d
Here’s How Climate Change Fueled the Los Angeles Wildfires
As Greta Cazzaniga, a climate scientist at the ClimaMeter and the Pierre-Simon Laplace Institute in France, said in a recent press statement, “the Los Angeles wildfires have shown how multiple ...
Business Insider23d
Photos show Los Angeles neighborhoods reduced to rubble as deadly wildfires continue to burn
Iconic Los Angeles landmarks, such as Sunset Boulevard, sustained heavy damage. Others, like the Hollywood Sign, were obscured by smoke and ash. Photos taken across Los Angeles show the ...
New York Post23d
75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
At least 75 fire trucks languished in a city repair facility in downtown Los Angeles as wildfires decimated Altadena, Pacific Palisades and Malibu, pictures taken by The Post show. The essential ...
CBS News23d
Los Angeles wildfires spur initial round of lawsuits against utilities
As deadly wildfires continue to rage in Los Angeles, attorneys representing those affected are headed to court, with multiple lawsuits alleging negligence by at least two public utilities in ...
Vancouver Is Awesome24d
As flames linger, talk turns to rebuilding Los Angeles neighborhoods leveled by wildfires
Terrill, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Staggered after one of the most destructive ... Rosewood's grandmother’s playing cards and unfinished quilt. Her wedding photos. Heirlooms from her grandfather, who ...
KTLA24d
Here’s how Los Angeles residents can safely clean up ash
According to South Coast AQMD, here are some tips on how to properly clean your home and protect your health. Wear a tight-fitting disposable respirator such as an N-95 or P-100 mask to protect ...
NPR24d
What LA did right before the fires — and why it wasn't enough
Los Angeles is no stranger to wildfires. With a long history of destructive blazes, the region has some of the toughest wildfire policies in the country. Still, driven by powerful winds ...