A writer who grew up in the devastated community tried — and failed — to save his family home. But he didn’t lose just a house. He lost his childhood.

A "call to action" asks concerned community members to gather in the afternoon to protest the EPA's proposed hazardous debris collection site in Malibu.

Before evacuating from her Malibu home the day the Palisades fire erupted, Cassandra Riera soaked the plants in her yard, ...