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NYC’s Mayor Gets His Eyebrows Done
Visiting a cleaned-up Queens neighborhood after his police force removed prostitutes, Eric Adams decided to clean up too.
Olivia Reingold
WATCH: Inside the LA Firefighters’ Base Camp
Over 3,000 first responders live in tents and trailers in the Rose Bowl, where they have fajita dinners, emotional support dogs, and even exclusive LA…
Austyn Jeffs
2M
WATCH: LA Fires, MAGA’s Schism, and Meta’s Big Pivot
Batya Ungar-Sargon and Brianna Wu debate the week’s news
Bari Weiss
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Letters to the Editor: The Fires Weren’t Inevitable
Three readers respond to the argument that LA was built to burn.
The Free Press
WATCH: ‘We Are Operating on Adrenaline, Caffeine, and Donuts’
At LA’s evacuation shelters, volunteers work day and night to help their neighbors with clothes, food, and pet care.
Austyn Jeffs
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What’s Left of My House
On my street in Altadena, the only things still standing are the chimneys.
Meghan Daum
L.A. Was Built to Burn
Blame whoever you want. But the reality is we built a massive civilization where fire is part of the natural habitat.
Leighton Woodhouse
WATCH: Why Is the Santa Ynez Reservoir Empty?
While Southern California experienced a historically dry rainy season, Pacific Palisades’ emergency water supply was bare.
Austyn Jeffs
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‘Everything Is Gone’
Eleven dead. Thousands displaced. Entire neighborhoods burned to rubble. Four Angelenos tell us what they lost—and what they’re still holding on to.
Peter Savodnik
Paradise Lost
The burning of L.A. is not just a natural disaster. It’s a man-made catastrophe.
The Editors
‘You Can Taste the Fires in the Back of Your Throat’
In the future, there will be a demarcation: before and after this disaster. No one knows what comes next for L.A., writes Peter Savodnik.
Peter Savodnik
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