Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared across the Los Angeles area.

Loss, love and a sense of belonging — survivors, evacuees, heroes and allies weigh in on what the fires revealed

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A new zine featuring people posing in front of the Misfits frontman's Los Angeles home is raising funds for fire relief.

Two deputy district attorneys have reached a tentative settlement in their suit against Los Angeles County in which they alleged they were demoted from their positions as bureau directors for opposing directives implemented by former District Attorney George Gascón.

From a hotel hot spot serving memorable mezze to Egyptian-inspired seafood by the beach and a lively Israeli-owned haunt on Melrose, Middle Eastern cuisine is on fire

The blazes reflect—and exacerbate—the disparities embedded in the most mundane tenets of city life.

Descanso Gardens, which is well-known for its wintertime flowers — queenly camellias do rule the La Cañada Flintridge garden in regal and eye-catching fashion — announced that much-loved "pink tree season" had started in a Jan. 23 social media message.

In the era when American cities regularly caught fire, the widespread destruction seeded what looks, in retrospect, like possibility.

FEATURE Out of the Los Angeles wildfire disaster will grow a new, better city. The next Bank of America may also emerge. Or Johnson & Johnson or Vick’s. These companies and others happened to be at the right place at the right time with the right product when disaster hit.

A week later, the Ministry of Information sent an online form for journalists, asking them to detail work plans before they arrive. Like most new governmental institutions in Syria, press officials were still establishing their systems. It’s not yet clear how free the press will be to report.

CAIRO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud will visit Damascus on Friday and meet with top officials in the new Syrian administration, a Syrian ...