Andrew Grinsfelder, 18, waters down the roof of his parents' home in Pacific Palisades as the sky is illuminated from the orange glow of the Palisades fire. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Vicky ...

While the Los Angeles fires have destroyed up to 20,000 structures and left tens of thousands of people displaced, some homes have miraculously escaped the blazes. One white mansion in Malibu, owned ...

Vicky Collison and Andrew Grinsfelder hurried past a burning home on an upscale residential street just off Sunset Boulevard in Pacific Palisades. There were piles of rubble on all sides and glowing ...

In the first installment of this three-part series of articles, featured in the August 2024 print issue and online, we discussed fire pump requirements along with Code-related references in the ...