Paradise lost along Pacific Coast Highway
Everyone knows California is disaster-prone, but there’s a familiar logic to the calamitous geography in this high-maintenance beauty of a state.Wildfires are supposed to be…
‘Light My Fire’ was written in Pacific Palisades home that burned
In 1967, Robby Krieger, the guitarist for L.A. band the Doors, wrote the hit single “Light My Fire” in the living room of his parents’…
Legendary Palisades High tennis coach Bud Kling lost his home in fire
Bud Kling, the Hall of Fame tennis coach at Palisades High School with 52 City Section titles between the boys’ and girls’ teams, said Friday…
L.A.’s architecturally significant houses destroyed in fires
Los Angeles has Frank Gehry’s glorious Walt Disney Concert Hall, the space-age wonder of the LAX Theme Building and the stack-of-vinyl needle drop that is…
‘Are you OK?’ L.A. is being inundated with messages asking if we’re safe
Questions abound around the wildfires still burning their way across Los Angeles, obliterating entire neighborhoods with an unfathomable speed and ferocity. What started the fires?…
UCLA women’s basketball team copes with uncertainty during fire threat
Like many Angelenos, the UCLA women’s basketball team is dealing with the catastrophic toll of the massive wildfires this week — a firestorm inching perilously…
For TV reporters covering fires in L.A., the tragedy gets personal
Jacob Soboroff, a national correspondent for NBC News with deep roots in the community, showed viewers the remains of his family’s former home on Frontera…
As L.A. fires raged, water drop videos became sweet revenge
Look, up in the sky. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Super Scooper water drop!The most memorable battle scenes exist in the pivot…
LA wildfires: Lakers head coach JJ Redick’s home burned down
Western Conference leaders Oklahoma City Thunder returned to winning ways by beating the New York Knicks 126-101.After securing a franchise record 15th successive NBA win…
Walt Disney Co., Paramount pledge money for fire relief and rebuilding
Walt Disney Co. has committed $15 million to relief and recovery efforts in the wake of this week’s devastating wildfires in Southern California.The Burbank-based entertainment…
Bob Clearmountain, L.A. recording icon, lost home in Palisades fire: ‘This could be the end of our world.’
On Tuesday afternoon, Bob Clearmountain was driving back from Apogee Studios in Santa Monica to his home in Pacific Palisades. The revered producer and mixer…
Gary Hall Jr. loses 10 Olympic swimming medals, home in Palisades fire
Gary Hall Jr. didn’t think anything of the small, off-colored cloud he saw from inside the kitchen of his Pacific Palisades home Tuesday morning.Then he…
Rents likely to balloon in wake of L.A. wildfires, experts say
Wildfires engulfing Los Angeles are likely to exacerbate the region’s housing affordability crisis now and long into the future, housing analysts and advocates said.Rents will…
LAFC legend Carlos Vela loses his home in Palisades fire
The Malibu home of Carlos Vela, a former MLS Cup champion and league MVP, was among those burned in the Palisades fire. Saioa Cañibano, Vela’s…
Robert Laemmle, longtime head of Laemmle Theatres, dies at 89
Robert Laemmle, who took over running the Laemmle Theatres chain from his father, died on Thursday at age 89.Laemmle’s death was confirmed by his son…
Loyola High students moved by donations after their homes burned
One by one, cars, SUVs and trucks were pulling up nonstop to the entrance of Loyola High on Thursday, dropping off food, clothing, toiletries, games…
L.A. fires: Celebrity homes among those evacuated, destroyed
The historic wildfires blazing across Los Angeles County this week have wiped out more than 2,000 structures, killed at least five people and left countless…
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala released from Iran jail, returns home | News
Tehran denies Sala’s December 19 detainment was linked to an Iranian businessman’s arrest in Italy on a US warrant.Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has been released…
Lawyer abducted by ex-leader of Bangladesh says cops raided his home after Treasury Minister was asked about his plight
A LAWYER abducted by the ex-leader of Bangladesh says police raided his home after Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq was asked about his plight.Mir Ahmad bin…
Tiny home campervan’s living room expands by 400ft in seconds as AI ‘captures water from thin air’ & turns on the lights
A TINY home campervan has a living room that expands by 400ft in just seconds as AI "captures water from thing air" and turns on…