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Brian van der Brug was a staff photojournalist at the Los Angeles Times from 1997 to 2025.
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Vital to many restaurant operations, utility workers have duties in the front and back of the house but are rarely in the public eye. Alfonso Lira, 61, from Michoacán, has worked at Chapter One in Santa Ana for more than a decade.
As the sun began to set over Castaic Lake on Wednesday, the hills to the north and east were engulfed in flames, casting an eerie orange glow across the valley below.
L.A. Times photojournalists have worked tirelessly to document these historic wildfires, to provide to you a glimpse of the tragedies that ensued.
The closing of Irwindale Speedway leaves a massive void in the Southern California racing scene, which has seen a string of race track closures over the decades.
The final running of Thursday Night Thunder at soon-to-close Irwindale Speedway brought out about 5,000 attendees, the organizer said, and the drag racers put on a show.
The Franklin fire in Malibu Canyon continues to grow, crossing Pacific Coast Highway and spreading to more than 1,800 acres Tuesday, burning in the hillsides near Pepperdine University.
El incendio provocó órdenes de evacuación para más de 10.000 personas ya que amenazaba estructuras en comunidades suburbanas y áreas agrícolas alrededor de Camarillo.