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The Dorothy Mae Apartment-Hotel fire was a September 4, 1982, arson that killed 25 people in Los Angeles, California, in the United States. [1] An additional 30 people were injured. [2] In 1985, Humberto Diaz de la Torre was convicted of starting the fire and sentenced to 625 years in prison.
Wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area continued to burn mostly out of control on Thursday, with at least five blazes engulfing more than 45 square miles.. At least 16 people have died as a ...
PHOTO: The Topanga Ranch Motel is shown on Jan. 8, 2025, in Malibu, Calif., after the Palisades Fire. (California State Parks)
The Kenneth fire burns in the Upper Las Virgenes Open Space Preserve on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in West Hills, L.A. Credit - Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times—Getty Images A man was taken in ...
The campus in 1922 The campus in 1948 The campus in 1965 The campus in 2007. In 1917 Hale hired architect Bertram Goodhue to produce a master plan for the 22 acres (8.9 ha) campus. Goodhue conceived the overall layout of the campus and designed the physics building, Dabney Hall, and several other structures, in which he sought to be consistent ...
The Ponet Square Hotel and Apartments fire was a 1970 multiple-fatality building fire in Los Angeles, California, United States. The fire broke out before dawn on Sunday, September 13, 1970, and swept through the four-story, 86-unit building, which had been constructed around 1910. [1] The cause of the fire was arson. [2]
The man was apprehended after a call came in at 4:32 p.m. for a "possible arson suspect" on the 21700 block of Ybarra Road, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a previous statement.
One week since multiple fires erupted in Los Angeles, city officials are still working to pinpoint what ignited the blazes. An expert tells Scripps News a full investigation could take months.