Everyone wanted to come to California — that was the generational backdrop of my parents and grandparents. Then, in the 1950s, housing was so abundant that a family of rural Norwegian immigrants could scrape together $8,500 to buy (yes, buy, […]
Commentary: Homes are out of reach in L.A. County’s middle-class towns Read More »
It was the morning after election day, and the distraction I had hoped to find from the previous night’s upheaval found me first. A brother-in-law texted: There was a fire near our mother-in-law’s home. OK, but a lot of fires
Commentary: When the Mountain fire hit close to home, this community banded together Read More »
Every hiker in Los Angeles knows that sinking feeling. You stare at the mountains (because that’s what we do when we have a moment) and see a dark column of smoke. Almost instantly you have a good idea of which
Close access to Southern California forests to prevent more fires Read More »
