Practical advice from a lawmaker who lost his home to wildfire
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Jeff Okrepkie wants to make one thing perfectly clear.Yes, his home burned to the ground after he fled a galloping wall of…
Another big game for Desmond Claude as USC men defeat Iowa
At the end of a long, emotional week, USC’s basketball staff emerged one by one from the Galen Center tunnel just before tip Tuesday, relieved…
How Mayor Bass hopes to speed up rebuilding in Pacific Palisades
Late Monday, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued an executive order that aims to speed up the rebuilding of homes and businesses after wildfires tore…
Jessica Simpson, Eric Johnson separate after 10-year marriage
Jessica Simpson and husband Eric Johnson are separating after 10 years of marriage.“Eric and I have been living separately navigating a painful situation in our…
South Korean investigators enter President Yoon’s home in second arrest bid | Politics News
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Investigators used ladders to climb into President Yoon Suk-yeol’s compound after he failed to appear at his impeachment trial.South Korean investigators have…
CIF to waive transfer rules for high school affected by fires
The California Interscholastic Federation is preparing this week to send out a form to the 10 section commissioners that would simplify transfer rules for families…
After California fires, L.A. resident asks: ‘Is it time to go?’
“Is it time to go?”That’s the question my husband and I have been asking ourselves with traumatic regularity over the past seven days. As we…
How Shakespeare can help us fathom the unimaginable L.A. fires
The sprawling geography of Los Angeles is hard to envision for those who live outside the region. Friends and family members in New York, gripped…
With Rams’ house temporarily moved, Rams’ PA man speaks L.A. Strong
GLENDALE, Ariz. — In re-creating their home environment for Monday night’s playoff game, the Rams made sure to bring a signature element from SoFi Stadium. The…
New-build Bellway home owners tell of roof leaks and loft mould
BBCDean Carpenter says he has found patches of damp or discoloured tiles, accretions of moss and mould growing in the loft space of his homeThere…
Altadena couple loses two homes in one night in the Eaton fire
It reads like a home seller’s worst nightmare: While moving into your newly purchased house and preparing your beloved current abode for market, fire sweeps…
Grieving what we’ve lost – Los Angeles Times
My nephew Matt sent me a text Wednesday morning, asking if he and his family could stay with us should they need to evacuate their…
Limitless Win couple reveal sweet plan to honour Ant and Dec after taking home £250,000
A couple quickly climbed the limitless ladder with an exact answer to a question about the length of a cotton wool bud banking them a…
How L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger plans to help Altadena rebuild
In front of the Altadena sheriff’s station Saturday morning, Pierre Dupuy greeted L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, then broke down in her arms.“Thank you so…
Bad Bunny’s ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ is his best album to date
Find someone who loves you as much as Bad Bunny loves Puerto Rico.The 30-year-old music star dropped “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” (I Should’ve Taken More…
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?…