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The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Ella Venne, front, holds a cup she found in the remains of her family's home destroyed by the Eaton Fire as she searches with Glendale Fire Department captain Chris Jernegan, left, and his wife Alison in Altadena, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025

‘They were losing everything in the blink of an eye’: Los Angeles fires hit students hard

April Klein, Asst. Arts & Life Editor January 20, 2025

At around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7, a small fire was reported near the Pacific Palisades, an affluent residential neighborhood in west Los Angeles. As of Jan. 17, it’s estimated that 50-75% of the...

Fountain Valley, Caif., firefighters extinguish hot spots at a structure destroyed by the El Dorado wildfire on Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, near Yucaipa, Calif. A couple's plan to reveal their baby's gender went up not in blue or pink smoke but in flames when the device they used sparked a wildfire east of Los Angeles. The fire started Saturday morning in dry grasses at El Dorado Ranch Park, a rugged natural area in the city of Yucaipa. (Cindy Yamanaka/The Orange County Register/SCNG via AP)

OPINION: The gender binary should go up in flames

Sonal Soni, Staff Writer September 13, 2020

Gender reveal parties are no recent phenomenon. Expecting parents throw parties in which the primary goal is to reveal the sex of their baby — a boy or girl. The first party of its kind consisted of...

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