The Push and Pull of Los Angeles: Beauty and Danger
Somini Sengupta, a Times climate reporter, on her relationship with the city, its mythology, and a reckoning with disaster.
L.A. Wildfire Victims Need Cash More Than Used Clothes: How to Help
After natural disasters, relief organizations are overwhelmed by clothing donations. Aid groups in Southern California say money is more helpful.
A Bastion of Los Angeles Hippie Culture Survived the Flames
Though landmarks were lost, the tight-knit and storied community of Topanga Canyon counts its blessings.
Black Women Defend Mayor Karen Bass Amid Criticism of Wildfire Response
Many celebrities and politicians have criticized Karen Bass for her city’s response to the wildfires, but her defenders say she is being held to a double standard.
A Bastion of Los Angeles Hippie Culture Survived the Flames
Though landmarks were lost, the tight-knit and storied community of Topanga Canyon counts its blessings.
Pasadena Teenager Starts Donation Drive to Help Girls Affected by California Wildfires
An eighth grader started a donation drive for teenagers whose homes burned in Los Angeles. Ariana Grande, Prince Harry, Meghan and others have chipped in.
Access Is Tight Around Kamala Harris’s Los Angeles Home
The Brentwood house she shares with Doug Emhoff is in an evacuation zone, but the vice president has been in Washington.
In Los Angeles, Hotels Become a Refuge for Fire Evacuees
In lobbies throughout the city, guests with children, pets and hastily packed bags share a resigned intimacy.
Vast Trove of Arnold Schoenberg’s Music Is Destroyed in Fire
An estimated 100,000 scores by Schoenberg, the groundbreaking 20th-century composer, were destroyed when the publishing company his heirs founded burned down.