Los Angeles Wildfires Archives

Jan 16, 2026

One Year Later, Immigrant Workers Helping L.A. Rebuild Following Devastating Wildfires Are Now Targets For Mass Deportation

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This month marks one year since a series of wildfires devastated the Los Angeles area, killing as many as 440 people, displacing more than 200,000 residents, and causing more than $53 billion dollars in damage. But even in the midst of this catastrophic devastation, there were small glimmers in... Continue »

Workers begin recovery efforts, AP video screenshot

Jan 17, 2025

‘Let’s Go Help If We Can’: Immigrant Angelenos Mobilize to Clear Roads, Deliver Food to Community Members Affected by Wildfires

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NPR reports that as neighborhoods in the Los Angeles metropolitan area faced destruction due to a series of historic and deadly wildfires, immigrants gathered buckets and hoses to help try to stop the devastation from spreading. Housekeeper Maria Garcia, who is undocumented, said she doesn’t even live in the... Continue »