How to rebuild a more fire-proof Los Angeles
In Pacific Palisades, part of the fire danger came from the fact that homes were densely packed together. If the home next ...
$800,000 Homes in California
A Spanish-style home in Long Beach, a Mediterranean-style house in San Leandro and a Craftsman bungalow in Los Angeles.
The GOP blamed the L.A. fires on California’s ‘forest management.’ But that’s not the problem
The native landscape is chaparral, not forest—and clearing out the brush could make fires even worse. When the Palisades Fire ...
What makes a neighborhood resilient to fires?
Wildfires are a fact of life in California. They’re a natural phenomenon, clearing decaying vegetation, restoring nutrients ...
How some homes were left standing after the L.A. fires
Stucco, a cement material, is a common exterior for Southern California houses and it’s fire-resistant. Emails and videos of ...
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This Massive Car Museum In California Hides A Secret Collection Of Over 200 Rare Automobiles
There’s the 1967 Ford GT40 Mark III, a car that dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans and made Ferrari see red (and not just ...
Why are lone homes left standing after the Los Angeles fires? It’s not entirely luck
The scattershot nature of the carnage in the Los Angeles wildfires is confounding homeowners and experts alike. So does luck ...
When houses are fuel: Why firefighting was no match for a California disaster decades in the making
Experts told NBC News that Southern California and other vulnerable areas need a transformational shift in mindset away from ...
To Be From L.A. Is to Know Its Twin Temptations: Beauty and Danger
A Times climate reporter reflects on a city, its mythology and a reckoning with disaster.
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'Passive House' Survives Fire in California: How It Avoided Total Destruction, According to Architect
The California wildfires are still ravaging the Los Angeles area a week after they started ... winter and air conditioning in ...