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remains of a burned house: ashes, debris, two fireplaces, and charred trees
The Will Rogers ranch house after the Palisades fire, January 2025. Photo from California State Parks.

After the Fires: What Remains

A month after the disastrous fires in the Los Angeles area, this special episode features a conversation among Save As co-hosts Trudi Sandmeier and Cindy Olnick, and producer Willa Seidenberg. Trudi reflects on the loss of her historic family home, her close-knit neighborhood, and the Will Rogers ranch, an integral part of her and her family’s lives. We discuss the city’s current state of grief and bewilderment, the understandable rush to rebuild along with the need to plan thoughtfully, and how we must focus not just on what we’ve lost, but what remains.

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Illustration reading "Winner, 2022 Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award"

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