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The Story Behind Our Special LA Fires Issue
Read more: The Story Behind Our Special LA Fires IssueWhen disaster struck we shifted our focus to the fires’ assault on the California dream. Our new special issue is an homage to what we’ve lost and a guidebook for reviving what we hold so dear. Read More
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Rams Announcer Sam Laganà on Staying to Fight the Fires
It is no exaggeration to call Sam Laganà a pillar of the Palisades community. He’s been anointed as a Hometown… Read More
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Salomón Huerta on Art and Altadena
Salomón Huerta has been a fixture in the Los Angeles art community for decades. A native of the infamous Ramona… Read More
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Amanda Gorman’s Poem ‘Smoldering Dawn’
Amanda Gorman is the youngest presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history, an award-winning writer, and cum laude graduate of Harvard… Read More
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Why California Is Still Worth Fighting For
From the foothills of Altadena to the coastal slopes of the Pacific Palisades, nature reminded us of its unbridled and overwhelming power in a single, sweltering afternoon in early January. In the weeks since the devastating fires, I’ve wondered whether it’s still worth it: worth staying, rebuilding, and holding on to the faith I have…

“I promise you, I will never take anything for granted in this beautiful state ever again.”
–Thomas J. Story, Sunset Staff Photographer
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Amber Lewis on Rebuilding the California Home
Amber Lewis is an interior designer and author who grew up in Malibu. Known for her laid-back, approachable, and definitively California style, she is the founder of her eponymous firm and owner of Shoppe Amber Interiors, which has an online store and brick-and-mortar boutiques, one of which was lost in the Palisades Fire. She and…
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A Bay Area Kitchen Gets a Preppy East Coast Makeover
A home’s design doesn’t necessarily have to match its location. We’ve seen Tudors in the heart of a city, modern homes in rural surroundings, and a Zen-like sanctuary situated above a busy area of Los Angeles. Anything goes as long as it’s done tastefully, like the kitchen in this five-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom Hillsborough, California, home. Forget…