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Jan 16, 2025

Trying to find a home after yours was destroyed

“All of this just kind of puts a big question mark on our long-term ability to even stay in LA,” reflects one renter after losing her home to a fire.

“It’s been a bad dream”: What one Altadena renter is facing after her home burned
by Nova Safo and Nic Perez
Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Claire Contreras, an elementary school teacher, reflects on the challenges of trying to find long-term places to stay after losing her home.
The fierce fight for seasonal work visas
by Jane Chambers
The incoming Trump administration is gearing up for large-scale deportations of immigrants in the U.S. illegally. We’ll add context on some of the economic forces that drive people to the U.S. — either without permission or with legal visas — and hear what competition for the H-2A visa is like in Guatemala.