For the longtime residents of the Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Home Estates, a fire didn’t just destroy their homes — it initiated a desperate fight to keep some of the only affordable housing in the area. Months after a devastating fire, the owners of the mobile home park refuse to clear the debris or communicate with residents, leaving the future of a once-thriving community in limbo.
Noah Haggerty is an environment and science reporter at the Los Angeles Times covering wildfire in the American West. A graduate of Northeastern University, he has a background in physics research, focusing on spacecraft propulsion and fusion energy. Haggerty joined The Times in 2024 as an AAAS Mass Media Fellow.
Albert Brave Tiger Lee is a Southern California native, son of Korean immigrants, a father and a staff videographer at the Los Angeles Times. His work spans various mediums of visual storytelling and has been recognized for various disciplines including a national Emmy Award for News and Documentary, an RFK Journalism Award, Pictures of the Year International honors, the National Press Photographers Assn.’s Best of Photojournalism Award and Columbia University’s Dart Award.
