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Roses off Harriet street captured for “In The Garden of Eaton.”

After the Eaton fire, ‘In the Gardens of Eaton’ finds unexpected beauty in loss

In his ongoing series, photographer Kevin Cooley has captured thousands of images of plants and trees blooming and surviving after the 2025 Eaton fire in Altadena.

LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 09: (14. BEACHWOOD CANYON WALK #34). The Saroyan Stairs were built of granite in 1923 and declared an historic cultural monument by the city of Los Angeles in 1991. The double-stairs connect Woodshire and Belden Drives in the Hollywoodland neighborhood of Los Angeles. Be warned that weekends and holidays require a parking permit to park in the neighorhood. Photographed on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

‘Zone zero’ rule could be California’s wildfire savior — or its environmental undoing

ALTADENA, CA - NOVEMBER 2, 2024 - - Scott Wardlaw, 76, President of the Altadena Christmas Tree Lane Association, pulls on a string of lights while joining community members and Temple City High School students who prep Christmas Tree Lane for the upcoming holiday in Altadena on November 2, 2024. Altadena Christmas Tree Lane has lit up the tall deodar cedars that line both sides of Santa Rosa Avenue in Altadena for years, but the work takes many weekends and scads of community volunteers to get set up. Strings of lights are all installed manually, using ropes and pulleys to put them in the trees. They started putting up lights in September. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Volunteers are the lifeblood of Altadena’s Christmas Tree Lane. Will they return?

A wide strip of awn, edged by palm tree trunks and blooming crape myrtle between a sidewalk and parking lot in Calabasas

SoCal businesses and public institutions can get $7 per square foot to ditch their lawns

Long Beach, CA - August 08: *** The address of the home was covered with white printer paper to protect the subject's privacy. ***A view of filmmaker Christian Svanes Koding and his wife Adriana Estrada's home. Kolding and Estrada, a former attorney and fashion designer who specializes in merchandise branding, lived for years in a tiny New York apartment, where their only "yard" was the building's front stoop. Then in 2021, Estrada's father became ill and they decided to move back to L.A., where Estrada had grown up in Pico Rivera. They found an historic home to renovate in Long Beach's Craftsman Village Historic District. At Christian Svanes Kolding and Adriana Estrada's home on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025 in Long Beach, CA.(Bora Chan / For The Times)

For years, their only yard was an NYC stoop. Now they revel in a SoCal habitat garden

Thanks to a $5,000 rebate and DIY skills, their L.A. yard has it all — except grass

Fierce pride is at the core of the Chumash Museum, a worthwhile day trip from L.A.

The world’s largest wildlife crossing is entering Stage 2: What’s that mean for traffic?

13 showstopping California native plants that will bring riotous color to your garden

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