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The Latest: Beyoncé wins album of the year for 'Cowboy Carter'
Beyoncé has won album of the year at the 67th Grammy Awards. The ceremony has been transformed by the Los Angeles area ...
The Latest: Kendrick Lamar wins record of the year for ‘Not Like Us’
The 2025 Grammy Awards are recognizing some of the most talented performers and biggest hits in music. Beyoncé enters as the ...
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Saving family heirlooms: How a watch is helping a SoCal photographer cope with the loss of his home
"He lost his house in the 1961 Bel Air fire so I have this connection, through the watch, to a man I barely knew, but have this shared sense of loss," said Cooley. A watch that's been handed down ...
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Climate Whiplash and Fire Come to L.A.
The conflagration that became known as the Bel Air Fire broke out on the morning of November 6, 1961, in a patch of brush north of Mulholland Drive. Fanned by Santa Ana winds, the flames jumped ...
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What LA did right before the fires — and why it wasn’t enough
Even in the 1960s, Los Angeles knew its housing stock made it vulnerable. After the Bel Air fire in 1961, the Los Angeles Fire Department released a documentary that blamed “combustible-roofed ...
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Pacific Palisades residents return to wreckage: 'Everybody at this point is just numb'
The 71-year-old remembers his father standing on the roof of the house during the 1961 Bel Air fire, watering the house down with a hose. "We’ve always known there was a huge fire danger here.