THE SOUTHLAND FIRESTORM

Contributing to today’s fire coverage were Times staff writers Fred Alvarez, Leslie Berger, Edward J. Boyer, Dwayne Bray, Jeff Brazil, Glenn Bunting, Mike Carlson, Sara Catania, Jack Cheevers, Aileen Cho, Henry Chu, Richard Lee Colvin, David Colker, Marla Cone, Miles Corwin, Aaron Curtiss, Tina Daunt, Poncho Doll, Faye Fiore, Ralph Frammolino, Larry Gordon, Michael Granberry, Carla Hall, Robert Lee Hotz, Berkley Hudson, Tracey Kaplan, Daryl Kelley, Chau Lam, Peggy Y. Lee, Myron Levin, Carlos V. Lozano, Jean Merl, Jeff Meyers, Joanna Miller, Thomas S. Mulligan, David W. Myers, Edmund Newton, Tony Perry, Bob Pool, Jeffrey Rabin, Mack Reed, Kenneth Reich, David Reyes, Lee Romney, Richard Simon, Stephanie Simon, Constance Sommer, Jocelyn Stewart, Vicki Torres, Rebecca Trounson and Amy Wallace. Times correspondents who contributed included Maia Davis, Brenda Day, Julie Fields, Robin Greene, Andrew LePage, Tommy Li, James Maiella Jr., Patrick McCartney, Jeff McDonald, J.E. Mitchell, Geoffrey Mohan, Matthew Mosk, Jeff Schnaufer, Leo Smith and Richard Winton. Times researchers who contributed included Cecilia Rasmussen, Tracy Thomas, D’Jamila Salem, Cynthia Viers and Nona Yates.