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Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Robert Greene is smart, deeply knowledgeable about L.A. County, and a decent colleague. His departure is a huge loss.

When the Los Angeles Times makes news, we must cover our institution with the same scrutiny as we would any other. Here's L.A. Times Guild 🦅 member Jim Rainey on what's gone on this week at the Los Angeles Times: latimes.com/business/story…

In 1993, the LAPD got a call about 8 yr old LaToya Harris, whose body was encased in concrete. Her aunt, Madie Moore, was convicted of murdering her. With Madie set to be released from prison, her family asks, what about Kenny? The other dead child. latimes.com/california/sto…

L.A. County left a baby in the care of her 11-year-old brother. Now, she's dead latimes.com/california/sto… Heartbreaking story by Rebecca Ellis

Reporting on your own institution is always difficult — but at this moment its essential. Huge thanks to Jim Rainey for taking this assignment on, drilling deep and letting the chips fall where they may. latimes.com/california/sto…

Worked on this narrative about the #PalisadesFire with an all-star team of Los Angeles Times reporters (Julia Wick, Laura J. Nelson 🦅, Jack Dolan, Rebecca Ellis, Noah Haggerty and Ruben Vives). We fanned out across a region in ruins to bring you this report: latimes.com/california/sto…

Here’s tomorrow’s front page of the Los Angeles Times. All our fire coverage is here, and the paywall has been lifted: latimes.com/california/liv…

If you lost your home or business in the wildfires, here’s what to do next: latimes.com/business/story… Important service journalism from my colleagues Andrea Chang and Caroline Petrow-Cohen

I’m just in awe of the @LATimes photographers who have been putting themselves in harm’s way all week to capture this harrowing moment in our region’s history. All the photos pictured here are from today’s paper and are by Wally Skalij, Gina Ferazzi Brian van der Brug and Genaro Molina.

A reporter reflects on losing his childhood home ⁦Jim Rainey⁩ latimes.com/00000194-5b6b-…

Arthur Simoneau, a pioneering hang-glider of four decades, headed towards the fires Tuesday determined to save his Topanga home. His friends never heard from him again. latimes.com/california/sto…

The writing in this powerful Column One essay by my Los Angeles Times colleague Jim Rainey is, quite simply, beautiful. One reader commented that "the last several paragraphs were transcendent." She's right. latimes.com/california/sto…

Thousands of homes burned in L.A. wildfires. Untold number of nannies, gardeners, housekeepers, plumbers, pool cleaners and other service workers are grieving alongside their employers for all that was lost, write Brittny Mejia + Ruben Vives . latimes.com/california/sto…

I interviewed Carol Mayorga who has been working as a housekeeper in Pacific Palisades for 20 years. When the fire swept through, nearly 10 properties she and her husband worked at burned down. Now they have no income. Please read. W/ Ruben Vives latimes.com/california/sto…

As the LAFD faced extraordinary warnings of life-threatening winds, top commanders decided not to assign for emergency deployment roughly 1,000 available firefighters and dozens of engines in advance of the Palisades fire, records show. latimes.com/california/sto…

They live in L.A. County’s riskiest areas. Should they rebuild on their burned out lots? Excellent take from ⁦Rebecca Ellis⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

Scoop: western Altadena, site of all 17 Eaton fire deaths, received evacuation orders nearly 8 hours after eastern Altadena. Hours before the 3:25 a.m. order went out, multiple fires had already been reported in zones under no evacuation warning or order. latimes.com/california/sto…

“There’s a meal on his head,” an officer would tell him. “It’s basically a bounty,” recounted the teenager, now 18, who asked that his name not be used for fear of retaliation. “We stomp on the kid, and then we get our food.”✍️Rebecca Ellis James Queally latimes.com/california/sto…

NEW: Los Angeles County plans to pay $4 billion to settle nearly 7,000 claims of childhood sexual abuse, dwarfing the largest sex abuse settlements in U.S. history. latimes.com/california/sto…

We knew it took way too long for west Altadena to be evacuated during the Eaton fire, but this review of 911 call logs shows, so clearly, just how deadly it was. Amazing story and graphics from Rebecca Ellis Vanessa Martínez Koko Nakajima & Sean Greene latimes.com/california/sto…