Traveling to Lincoln from Boston, Higginbotham said her grandfather, the Rev. Walter Henderson Brooks, was born a slave in 1851. He “worked” for a tobacco company in Richmond, Virginia.

The Palisades fire burned several miles of trails in the Santa Monica Mountains but did not make it far west enough to harm ...

Investigators have zeroed in on these rocky bluffs with sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean as the ignition point of the Palisades fire, the inferno that has destroyed at least 5,000 homes and ...

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. - Residents of a storied ... Two of his children lost their homes. "Everybody at this point is just numb," he said, pausing in front of the charred remains of his grocery ...

Days after a devastating wildfire, residents of Pacific Palisades have started sifting through the ruins, and their memories. Credit...Kyle Grillot for The New York Times Supported by By Billy ...

A scenic lookout spot from the Point at the Bluffs encompasses the ocean and curving Pacific Coast Highway. From there, what remains of the Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates fills the view ...

Some residents believe the Palisades Fire could have been a re-ignition of a brush fire that occurred New Year's Day. Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are ...

LOS ANGELES - Before one of the most destructive fires in California history swept through, the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood on Los Angeles' west side was filled with expensive homes fronted by ...

More than 750 tidewater gobies were rescued from a Malibu lagoon scorched by the Palisades fire. Seared watersheds can take ...