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</p> <h2>The haunting photographs present what’s left of Los Angeles colleges and what’s misplaced perpetually</h2> <p class="sans">By <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.the74million.org/contributor/545194/">Meghan Gallagher</a></p> <p> <img decoding="async" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-bus-wildfires-Los-angeles-education.jpg"/></p> <p>This story first appeared at <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.the74million.org">The 74</a>, a nonprofit information web site masking training. <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.the74million.org/about/newsletters/?utm_source=republish-button&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=republish">Join free newsletters from The 74</a> to get extra like this in your inbox.</p> <p>The wildfires that swept by Los Angeles final week wreaked devastation on the lives of scholars, educators, and households. Because the neighborhood struggles to recuperate, 1000’s of scholars face the tough actuality that their colleges might by no means reopen, whereas educators and households navigate important losses.</p> <p>With <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.the74million.org/article/la-schools-struggle-to-reopen-as-fires-still-rage/">at the least seven</a> faculty buildings decreased to rubble, Los Angeles Unified College District is scrambling to relocate displaced college students.</p> <p>The work of photojournalists who braved the fires and their aftermath captures haunting photographs of what was left behind — the charred body of a college bus, valuable preschoolers’ art work — and what has been misplaced perpetually. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="682" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/firefighters-los-angeles-wildfires-school.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738573" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/firefighters-los-angeles-wildfires-school.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/firefighters-los-angeles-wildfires-school-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/firefighters-los-angeles-wildfires-school-751x500.jpg 751w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/firefighters-los-angeles-wildfires-school-194x129.jpg 194w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/firefighters-los-angeles-wildfires-school-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Firefighters put together to struggle flames from inside Eliot Arts Magnet Center College auditorium as the varsity burns in the course of the Eaton Fireplace within the Altadena space of Los Angeles county, California, on Jan. 8 (Josh Edelson/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="661" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/los-angeles-fires-school-firefighters.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738569" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/los-angeles-fires-school-firefighters.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/los-angeles-fires-school-firefighters-300x194.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/los-angeles-fires-school-firefighters-775x500.jpg 775w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/los-angeles-fires-school-firefighters-200x129.jpg 200w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/los-angeles-fires-school-firefighters-768x496.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A firefighter opens the door to a burning auditorium inside Eliot Arts Magnet Center College in the course of the Eaton Fireplace in Altadena on Jan. 8. (Josh Edelson/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="672" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-bus-on-fire.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738572" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-bus-on-fire.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-bus-on-fire-300x197.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-bus-on-fire-762x500.jpg 762w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-bus-on-fire-197x129.jpg 197w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-bus-on-fire-768x504.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sparks fly from the wheel of a burned faculty bus because the Eaton Fireplace strikes by the world on Jan. 8 in Altadena. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="678" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/eliot-arts-magnet-school-los-angeles.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738578" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/eliot-arts-magnet-school-los-angeles.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/eliot-arts-magnet-school-los-angeles-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/eliot-arts-magnet-school-los-angeles-755x500.jpg 755w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/eliot-arts-magnet-school-los-angeles-195x129.jpg 195w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/eliot-arts-magnet-school-los-angeles-768x509.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Firefighters scramble whereas getting ready to struggle flames at Eliot Arts Magnet Center College auditorium as the varsity burns in the course of the Eaton Fireplace within the Altadena space of Los Angeles county, California on Jan. 8. (Josh Edelson/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="731" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/fire-school-altadena-california.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738580" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/fire-school-altadena-california.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/fire-school-altadena-california-300x214.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/fire-school-altadena-california-700x500.jpg 700w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/fire-school-altadena-california-181x129.jpg 181w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/fire-school-altadena-california-768x548.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A view of Franklin Elementary faculty, which was destroyed by the Eaton Fireplace on Jan. 10 in Altadena, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-los-angeles-fire-melted-bike.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738582" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-los-angeles-fire-melted-bike.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-los-angeles-fire-melted-bike-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-los-angeles-fire-melted-bike-750x500.jpg 750w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-los-angeles-fire-melted-bike-193x129.jpg 193w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-los-angeles-fire-melted-bike-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">{A partially} melted tricycle is pictured on the Aveson College of Leaders constitution elementary faculty within the aftermath of the Eaton Fireplace in Altadena, California, on Jan. 14. (Agustin Paullier/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193595435-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738584" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193595435-1.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193595435-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193595435-1-750x500.jpg 750w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193595435-1-193x129.jpg 193w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193595435-1-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">College students’ belongings stay at Marquez Constitution Elementary College after  fireplace torched the campus in Pacific Palisades. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Occasions/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/los-angeles-school-mural-fire-aftermath.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738586" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/los-angeles-school-mural-fire-aftermath.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/los-angeles-school-mural-fire-aftermath-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/los-angeles-school-mural-fire-aftermath-750x500.jpg 750w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/los-angeles-school-mural-fire-aftermath-193x129.jpg 193w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/los-angeles-school-mural-fire-aftermath-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A burned mural is pictured outdoors a classroom on the Aveson College of Leaders constitution elementary faculty within the aftermath of the Eaton Fireplace in Altadena, California, on Jan. 14. (Agustin Paullier/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/aveson-school-fire.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738587" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/aveson-school-fire.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/aveson-school-fire-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/aveson-school-fire-750x500.jpg 750w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/aveson-school-fire-193x129.jpg 193w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/aveson-school-fire-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Aveson College of Leaders was burned by the Eaton Fireplace on Wednesday, Jan. 15. (Jason Armond/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/students-art-los-angeles-fire.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738589" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/students-art-los-angeles-fire.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/students-art-los-angeles-fire-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/students-art-los-angeles-fire-750x500.jpg 750w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/students-art-los-angeles-fire-193x129.jpg 193w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/students-art-los-angeles-fire-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">College students’ art work from the Neighborhood United Methodist Church’s preschool. (Drew A. Kelley/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="658" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193224787-2-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738592" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193224787-2-1.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193224787-2-1-300x193.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193224787-2-1-778x500.jpg 778w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193224787-2-1-201x129.jpg 201w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193224787-2-1-768x494.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A burnt faculty bus at Aveson Constitution College on Jan. 13. (Frederic J. Brown/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="688" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-fire-la.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738595" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-fire-la.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-fire-la-300x202.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-fire-la-744x500.jpg 744w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-fire-la-192x129.jpg 192w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/school-fire-la-768x516.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">College students’ belongings stay at Marquez Constitution Elementary College on Jan. 15, after the Paradise Fireplace torched the campus in Pacific Palisades. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Occasions/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="707" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/noyes-school-la-fire.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738596" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/noyes-school-la-fire.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/noyes-school-la-fire-300x207.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/noyes-school-la-fire-724x500.jpg 724w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/noyes-school-la-fire-187x129.jpg 187w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/noyes-school-la-fire-768x530.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Noyes Elementary College on the prime of Allen Avenue is an entire loss as a result of Eaton Fireplace in Altadena as seen on Sunday, Jan. 12. (Will Lester/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="682" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/The-Eliot-Art-Magnet-School-auditoriumfire.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738598" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/The-Eliot-Art-Magnet-School-auditoriumfire.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/The-Eliot-Art-Magnet-School-auditoriumfire-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/The-Eliot-Art-Magnet-School-auditoriumfire-751x500.jpg 751w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/The-Eliot-Art-Magnet-School-auditoriumfire-194x129.jpg 194w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/The-Eliot-Art-Magnet-School-auditoriumfire-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The Eliot Artwork Magnet College auditorium alongside Lake Avenue in Altadena after it was destroyed by the Eaton Fireplace on Jan. 10. (David Crane/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Odyssey-Charter-School-South-fire.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738600" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Odyssey-Charter-School-South-fire.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Odyssey-Charter-School-South-fire-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Odyssey-Charter-School-South-fire-750x500.jpg 750w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Odyssey-Charter-School-South-fire-193x129.jpg 193w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Odyssey-Charter-School-South-fire-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">College students, mother and father and academics of Odyssey Constitution College South, which burned down within the Eaton Fireplace, collect at Vincent Lugo Park in San Gabriel on Jan. 14. (Jason Armond/<a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/san-gabriel-ca-students-parents-and-teachers-of-odyssey-news-photo/2193607339?adppopup=true">Getty Pictures</a>)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/carvalho-lausd-fire-school.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738602" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/carvalho-lausd-fire-school.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/carvalho-lausd-fire-school-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/carvalho-lausd-fire-school-750x500.jpg 750w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/carvalho-lausd-fire-school-193x129.jpg 193w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/carvalho-lausd-fire-school-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho excursions Nora Sterry Elementary as Fernie Najera, an LAUSD Carpenter, works on getting the varsity ready for displaced college students on Jan. 12. (Jason Armond/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tony-thurmond.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738603" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tony-thurmond.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tony-thurmond-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tony-thurmond-750x500.jpg 750w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tony-thurmond-193x129.jpg 193w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tony-thurmond-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond helps distribute Seize & Go meals to college students and households impacted by the Eaton Fireplace  at Madison Elementary College in Pasadena on Monday, Jan. 13. (Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Every day Information/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193607565.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738606" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193607565.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193607565-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193607565-750x500.jpg 750w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193607565-193x129.jpg 193w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193607565-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Brian Woolf, a father or mother of a pupil from Odyssey Constitution College South, will get emotional at a park assembly with different mother and father, college students and educators. (Jason Armond/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193603728-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738608" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193603728-1.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193603728-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193603728-1-750x500.jpg 750w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193603728-1-193x129.jpg 193w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193603728-1-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Anne Thornberg picks up her daughters Frances, 6, left, and Harriett, 9, who attend Undertaking Camp, free little one care to households impacted by the fires, at Eagle Rock Recreation Heart on Jan. 15. (Gina Ferazzi/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/relocated-students-los-angeles-fires.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738611" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/relocated-students-los-angeles-fires.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/relocated-students-los-angeles-fires-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/relocated-students-los-angeles-fires-750x500.jpg 750w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/relocated-students-los-angeles-fires-193x129.jpg 193w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/relocated-students-los-angeles-fires-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Youngsters who had attended Palisades Constitution Elementary College are welcomed again to lessons, now being held on the Brentwood Elementary Science Magnet in Brentwood on Jan. 15. Brentwood faculty will function a short lived location for college students. (David Crane/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chidren-evactuated-in-the-Palisades-Fire-return-to-school-in-a-new-loctation.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738613" width="840" height="560" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chidren-evactuated-in-the-Palisades-Fire-return-to-school-in-a-new-loctation.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chidren-evactuated-in-the-Palisades-Fire-return-to-school-in-a-new-loctation-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chidren-evactuated-in-the-Palisades-Fire-return-to-school-in-a-new-loctation-750x500.jpg 750w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chidren-evactuated-in-the-Palisades-Fire-return-to-school-in-a-new-loctation-193x129.jpg 193w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chidren-evactuated-in-the-Palisades-Fire-return-to-school-in-a-new-loctation-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Joseph Koshki hugs his son, third-grader Jaden Koshki, as they’re welcomed again to high school by Kathy Flores at Brentwood Elementary Science Magnet in Brentwood on Jan. 15. (David Crane/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193468808-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738614" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193468808-2.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193468808-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193468808-2-750x500.jpg 750w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193468808-2-193x129.jpg 193w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2193468808-2-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A mom kisses her little one goodbye on the primary day again to high school at Palisades Constitution Elementary College which has been re-located to the Brentwood Elementary Science Magnet in Brentwood on Jan. 15. (David Crane/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="653" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/A-displaced-student-from-Marquez-Elementary-School.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-738615" srcset="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/A-displaced-student-from-Marquez-Elementary-School.jpg 1024w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/A-displaced-student-from-Marquez-Elementary-School-300x191.jpg 300w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/A-displaced-student-from-Marquez-Elementary-School-784x500.jpg 784w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/A-displaced-student-from-Marquez-Elementary-School-202x129.jpg 202w, https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/A-displaced-student-from-Marquez-Elementary-School-768x490.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A displaced pupil from Marquez Elementary College hugs a bear as she resumes class at Nora Sterry Elementary College in Los Angeles on Jan. 15. (Chris Delmas/Getty Pictures)</figcaption></figure> <p>
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