Our reporter surveys fire damage in her neighborhood around Altadena and Pasadena and ponders the future of this microcosm of Greater Los Angeles.

Every year since December 1982, the Miami Herald has shared Wish Book stories of South Florida people in need. The goal: for readers to help their neighbors. And this year, the tradition continued, ...

Christian hope, as Pope Francis understands it, reminds us that a better and more just world is within our grasp.