Today's front pages: 'A fractious city mourns, and hopes, together'

last updated 17 January 2025

Wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles is getting "a respite" but there's a "growing risk that significant fire weather could return" next week, the Los Angeles Times says. For now, "a fractious city mourns, and hopes, together," as Angelenos "find a little kinship in devastation," The New York Times says. The Washington Post looks at both the "new kind of urban firestorm" that hit L.A. and the "flurry of executive actions as Biden exits" the White House. There will be a "shift of perspective" when Donald Trump is inaugurated Monday, USA Today says, citing an influx of incoming officials from across the U.S.