As wildfires continue to incinerate homes and displace tens of thousands of people in L.A. County, experts worry about the long-term effects the fires will have on the state’s already dire homelessness crisis.

Although the Palisades Fire affected a largely affluent area, many families who lost their homes were longtime residents who would not be able to afford to recreate what they had before.

A growing number of cities and neighborhoods are seeking historic district designation by the state. But with that designation comes more barriers to new housing.

Altadena was a haven for generations of Black families, many of whom owned their own homes after moving here decades ago to avoid discriminatory housing practices elsewhere. Some now fear the fires may have destroyed that dream.

More than 1 million foreign-born U.S. residents have Temporary Protected Status, allowing them to live and work in the U.S. Many, though, now fear those protections could end under a second Trump administration.

'If this is the new normal, this is absolute economic devastation,' says one local economist after the Border Patrol conducted large-scale unannounced raids throughout Bakersfield on Tuesday.

The Bay Area is home to thousands of people with Temporary Protected Status, or TPS.

In the wake of this year’s presidential election, there is again widespread uncertainty among undocumented families in California about what’s to come, given President-elect Donald Trump’s promises of mass deportation. Here are some of the rights guaranteed to students, regardless of immigration status.