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The devastating fires raging across much of Southern California have caused extreme damage, leveling some of Los Angeles' historic landmarks. Firefighters continue to battle several wildfires ...
Since multiple fires ignited across various communities in Los Angeles County last week, tens of thousands were forced to evacuate, more than 12,000 homes were destroyed or damaged and at least 24 ...
In Los Angeles, city workers tallied 254 fallen trees and branches, 549 pothole reports and 106 catch basins cleared to deter flooding. Los Angeles police recorded 21 ambulance calls for traffic ...
Flood control structures spared parts of Los Angeles County from destruction, while Orange and Riverside Counties experienced more damage. [1] The flood of 1938 is considered a 50-year flood. [2] It caused $78 million of damage ($1.69 billion in 2023 dollars), [2] making it one of the costliest natural disasters in Los Angeles' history. [3]
The flood was commemorated in Woody Guthrie's song "Los Angeles New Year's Flood". [8] To honor the victims of that New Year's calamity and to mark its 75th anniversary, a small monument was dedicated January 1, 2004, at Rosemont and Fairway avenues in Montrose, near where the American Legion Hall had stood.
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The Palisades Fire burns a residence in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, on Jan. 7, 2025. Credit - Ethan Swope—AP. M ore than 100,000 residents have been forced to evacuate Los ...
Multiple major wildfires are raging around Los Angeles, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate, threatening thousands of structures and leading to a still unknown number of deaths and ...