She's a portrait artist based in LA who is now creating beautiful reminders of life before the fires. She's been drawing as long as she can remember but recently, she's been sketching a lot of homes.

These little gems, both captioned Esquisse en Australia (Sketch in Australia), are rapid-fire approximations of the pleasure the artist takes in seeing the gardens and those who love them.

The Griffins defeated the host Vikings 56-35 to earn at least a share of the Sunset League girls’ basketball title. Marina had its six-game winning streak snapped. Senior Erubey Bermudez ...

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