Firefighters from across the North American continent have converged onto Los Angeles to fight the wildfires.

The Roman Catholic church reopened for in-person services in July 2020 and recently resumed in-person confessions. At 17,000 congregants, Our Lady of Sorrows is the largest parish in the Diocese of Brooklyn, which also oversees churches in Queens. Tapia said when he and his wife contracted the virus, they feared spreading it to their already weak, cancer-ridden son. Rodriguez was brought in from another parish in late June and in short order reopened the church, on July 4. The family is grateful to be able to gather at the church alongside others who also mourn loved ones.