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The California wildfires could be leaving deeper inequality in their wake

Jan 12, 2025 | startribune.com | Terry Tang |JAE C. HONGThe |Jae Hong

The sight of celebrity mansions and movie landmarks reduced to ashes can make it seem like the wildfires roaring through the Los Angeles area affected a constellation of movie stars. By TERRY TANG, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and JAE HONGThe Associated PressJanuary 12, 2025 at 10:19PMALTADENA, Calif. — The sight of celebrity mansions and movie landmarks reduced to ashes can make it seem like the wildfires roaring through the Los Angeles area affected a constellation of movie stars.
As fire raged nearby, a tiny town's zoo animals were driven to safety

Sep 19, 2024 | startribune.com | Jaimie Ding |JAE C. HONGThe |Jae Hong

The Living Desert regularly drills and prepares for scenarios where they have to take in or transport large numbers of animals. The nonprofit zoo partners with government agencies to hold confiscated wildlife and help rehabilitate animals, and had more than enough holding space to take in visitors. Barnes' Thursday began at 6 a.m. as he loaded up an array of birds — cranes, hawks, barn owls and a pelican — and made the winding two-hour drive back to the animals' mountain home.
South Koreans are starkly divided over North Korea's nuclear threat

Sep 12, 2024 | startribune.com | Foster Klug |Jiwon Song |JAE C. HONGThe |Jae Hong

''Kim Jong Un might really use a nuke,'' said Kim Jaehyun, a 22-year-old undergraduate law student. ''North Korea could really attack us out of the blue.''He stockpiles a bulletproof vest and other military gear in the event of a war. While many South Koreans his age know little about national defense policies, Kim attends North Korea security seminars and reads articles on war scenarios.
AP Photos: A tumultuous life, a turn toward faith and one man who wonders if it's time to vote

Aug 30, 2024 | startribune.com | JAE C. HONGThe |Jae Hong

LOS ANGELES — Decades ago, back when he was a political science major at the University of Southern California, and later in law school, Timothy Walker would vote. Everyone in his family voted for Democrats, so he did, too. Then his path took a different turn. Cocaine addiction took hold of him and he spent years cycling in and out of drug treatment centers. He lost his home and his job as a marketing executive at a law firm. He never passed the bar exam. Elections came and went, largely unnoticed.