The Push and Pull of Los Angeles: Beauty and Danger
Somini Sengupta, a Times climate reporter, on the city, its mythology, and a reckoning with disaster.
In Los Angeles, Hotels Become a Refuge for Fire Evacuees
Follow continuing coverage of the wildfires in Southern California. The lobby of Shutters on the Beachthe luxury oceanfront hotel in Santa Monica that is usually abuzz with tourists and entertainment professionals, had by Thursday transformed into a refuge for Los Angeles residents displaced by the raging wildfires that have ripped through thousands of acres and […]
Los Angeles Animal Shelters Struggle With Influx of Displaced Pets
Nicole Montanez called four hotels on Tuesday before finding a room where she could safely evacuate with her son and her 4-year-old Havanese, Diego. The dog coughed throughout the 75-minute car ride from Pacific Palisades to Marina del Rey, where the family was taking shelter from the wildfires searing through Los Angeles. “I’ve got to […]