Opinion: Los Angeles and the literature of the apocalypse
Apocalypse as a happy ending? Only in Los Angeles. It's an idea that's epicentral to the identity of the place.
Los Angeles Is Being Crushed Under the Weight of Inaction
In 2005, after widespread criticism of the response to Hurricane Katrina, Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré took charge in New Orleans.
Holding On to a Middle-Class Home in a Burning Los Angeles
Recovering from a disaster requires patience. And many working people — especially those whose wealth is tied up in their ...
How Los Angeles fires became a 'worst-case scenario come to life'
Two weeks after the Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed thousands of homes in two distinct LA-area communities, many in Los ...
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Los Angeles Burns
What is at stake here is the entire mysterious history, love and disenchantment intertwined, of Americans and their cities.
Trump fans the flames of Los Angeles wildfires
Donald Trump’s approach to natural disasters is to play politics and withhold aid, while President Biden pledged to pay all ...
The ash left behind by the Los Angeles wildfires might be toxic, experts warn
As some people return to what's left of their homes after the Los Angeles-area wildfires, experts are warning about possible ...
Los Angeles begins long recovery from fires — and braces for new disasters
Officials released details about the recovery effort from the initial Los Angeles fires — an effort expected to last up to 18 ...
Burning at Both Ends: Surviving a Week in Wildfire-Torn Los Angeles
We’d all assumed the Big One would be an earthquake,” writes Joy Press—“never imagined that Mother Nature might have a different apocalypse scripted for this city.” ...
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Opinion: Great writers on Los Angeles
"Los Angeles weather is the weather of catastrophe, of apocalypse," Joan Didion, a native California writer, said in her 1968 ...