A ritzy L.A. enclave learned a bitter lesson about the limits of wealth
Calabasas residents thought it would be easy to keep wildfire ash out of their local landfill.
From The Times
September 7, 2025

Residents of the ritzy Los Angeles enclave Calabasas thought it would be easy to keep wildfire ash from being trucked to their local landfill.

A woman with long blond hair and her child stand in front of a warning sign on a gate at the landfill.

Kevin Cooley for The New York Times

They were wrong. →

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