Domestic workers in Los Angeles face financial crisis after homes they worked in were lost to the fires
Many domestic workers now face a dire financial hardship because of their employment in areas where structures burned down.
Opinion: 5 lessons in kindness from outside L.A.’s evacuation zone
An evacuee finds that the caring actions of strangers make all the difference as Los Angeles reels from the 2025 fires.
Displaced by California fires, Angelenos anxiously search for somewhere to live
Angelenos described the anguish of exile from beloved neighborhoods and the daunting task of figuring out what comes next for themselves and their families.
More than a week after the Los Angeles wildfires started, frustrated evacuees are desperate to return home
No stranger to natural disasters, Pasadena resident Pedro Rojas keeps a safety bag in his car with essentials like a jacket, ...
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The LA fires raise many questions for renters. LAist has answers
What happens to security deposits? Who pays for repairs? LAist answers these and other questions from tenants affected by the ...
As the smoke clears, L.A. residents face a complicated and uncertain recovery
Many displaced by the L.A. fires are living in a perpetual state of limbo, stuck between a crisis that is vast and ongoing, ...
Los Angeles wildfires exacerbate the region's housing crisis
The wildfires have destroyed more than 12,000 structures, and a Southern California housing shortage that was already serious ...
Postcard From the Edge: L.A. in the Line of Fire
It’s too soon to know how the region — and the industry — might recover. But nothing will be as it was, and solidarity is the ...
In LA’s darkest moment, the light of tireless Angelenos providing aid, food shines bright
Carmitchel and Mel Buer CalMatters Guest Contributors The following first-person commentary is drawn from the writers’ ...
Ex-Oakland mayor, boyfriend, waste company execs indicted in sprawling corruption probe
Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her boyfriend and a father-son team who run the local recycling company were indicted Friday ...
Wildfires set Los Angeles's memories ablaze
I have friends who lost houses. I have family who were burned out of their home. Los Angeles has lost churches, synagogues, ...