What LA did right before the fires — and why it wasn't enough toggle caption Agustin Paullier/AFP via Getty Images Los Angeles is no stranger to wildfires. Los Angeles County already has strict wildfire building codes for homes and has passed rules that limit new development in wildfire-prone areas. Fire experts say the heavy toll offers lessons for other communities …
This is part of Fruit Loot, which is taking a look at the strange and surprising links between fruit and money. “As you start to research the fruit business, you start to find out that there’s a lot of seediness in it.” Gollner, whose book, The Fruit Hunters, was published in 2008, had stumbled on one of the most aesthetically …
