welcome
Newsweek

Newsweek

Science

Science

California Residents Share Stories of Loss to Wildfires: 'Burned to the Ground'

Newsweek
Summary
Nutrition label

71% Informative

Palisades fire has scorched more than 20,438 acres in Los Angeles City of Los Angeles .

Blaze is now the third -most destructive in state history.

Blaze has claimed at least 10 lives and destroyed over 5,300 structures.

Family moved into home 26 years ago in Altadena , California .

"I'm devastated for the neighborhood and all my sentimental items that we had that we'll never see again," says Jacobs .

Jacobs hopes to recoup some losses via renter's insurance.

"The support we've received shows that your community of friends and family that we have is really all we have at the end of the day ," he says.

VR Score

63

Informative language

57

Neutral language

21

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

41

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

15

https://www.newsweek.com/california-wildfire-map-pacific-paliades-eaton-hurst-woodley-fires-burning-2011867https://www.newsweek.com/topic/twitterhttps://subscribe.newsweek.com/?utm_source=MSN&utm_medium=subslink&utm_campaign=Newshttps://www.newsweek.com/pacific-palisades-fire-most-destructive-los-angeles-history-california-2012032https://www.tiktok.com/@todayshow/video/7457931454157376814?referer_url=www.newsweek.com%2Fla-wildfire-live-updates-kenneth-palisades-eaton-2012928&refer=embed&embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121497414%2C121477481%2C121351166%2C121487028%2C73226838%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121494655%3Bnull%3Bembed_blank&referer_video_id=7457931454157376814https://www.newsweek.com/topic/jd-vancehttps://x.com/bennypjacobs/status/1877522638723051860https://www.newsweek.com/pacific-palisades-california-fire-containment-live-tracker-updates-2013344https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-kardashian-family-homes-surrounded-los-angeles-fires-2013370https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidentshttps://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calfire-website/our-impact/fire-statistics/top-20-destructive-ca-wildfires.pdf?rev=968bc973969441b1ae1306d970491c22&hash=21495EF4AD5394167B4BA02F2DB68C35https://www.newsweek.com/california-wildfires-torch-gavin-newsoms-presidential-ambitions-2013257https://www.newsweek.com/la-wildfire-live-updates-kenneth-palisades-eaton-2012928https://www.newsweek.com/california-reservoirs-well-equipped-fight-wildfires-gavin-newsom-2013242https://www.newsweek.com/topic/joe-biden

Affiliate links

no affiliate links