Two chimneys and a torn brick wall are all that remain of a six-bedroom, five-bathroom home in Serra Retreat in Malibu. Authorities are still assessing the number of structures destroyed by the Franklin fire.
Richard Winton is an investigative crime writer for the Los Angeles Times and part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2011. Known as @lacrimes on Twitter, during almost 30 years at The Times he also has been part of the breaking news staff that won Pulitzers in 1998, 2004 and 2016.
