When fires swept through Altadena, in Los Angeles County, generational wealth and a place of opportunity for people of color, went up in smoke.
Cindy Carcamo is a staff writer in Food for the Los Angeles Times. She most recently covered immigration issues as a Metro reporter and, before that, served as Arizona bureau chief and national correspondent in the Southwest. A Los Angeles native, she has reported in Argentina, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, and is a former staff writer at the Orange County Register. Albert Brave Tiger Lee is a Southern California native, son of Korean immigrants, a father and a staff videographer at the Los Angeles Times. His work spans various mediums of visual storytelling and has been recognized for various disciplines including a national Emmy Award for News and Documentary, an RFK Journalism Award, Pictures of the Year International honors, the National Press Photographers Assn.’s Best of Photojournalism Award and Columbia University’s Dart Award.
Their house survived the fires. Now the Turners, along with thousands of others, are crushed, dazed, in limbo and not sure how to proceed.
The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management sent 150 people and equipment to Southern California to combat wildfires that erupted Jan. 7.
News journalist Troy Hayden saw the house featured in the "90210" television series still standing, even as many have burned in the fires.
After Aveson Charter School in Altadena, California, was destroyed in the Eaton Fire, a Phoenix charter school stepped up to “adopt” the students and staff from the school that burned to the ground.
Firefighters continue working to contain the Eaton Fire that has burned Altadena and northern Pasadena. Here’s how the blaze grew, hour by hour.
An Arizona school has offered to help students of Aveson Charter after two of their campuses were leveled by the Eaton Fire.
As Julie Brockman was fleeing to Texas, she suffered a flat tire. Her cat, scared by the troopers helping Brockman, hid behind the steering column.
They told me they are moving to Arizona because they can ... Los Angeles area fires will be the worst in California history. But considering what Altadena residents face now, the 2018 blaze ...
Cesar works as a day laborer in construction, picking up jobs helping to build and remodel homes around LA. He told CNN he has worked in California for more than 30 years and he is undocumented.
The state Legislature on Thursday approved a more than $2.5 billion fire relief package, in part to help the Los Angeles area recover from the fires. Trump plans to travel to the state to see the damage firsthand Friday,