The Hong Kong Telegraph - Boulevard (English)

'Apocalyptic': ghastly remains of Malibu come into focus

Flying south through smoky skies down the famous Malibu coast, at first the burnt-out mansions are the exception -- solitary wrecks, smoldering away between rows of intact, gleaming beachfront villas.

Shotgun watch: LA fire evacuees guard against looters

Nicholas Norman managed to save his home using little more than buckets of water when towering flames ripped through his neighborhood in a suburb of Los Angeles. But now he's facing a new danger: looters.