LOS ANGELES (AP) — Street after street, there is little but dark ash and ruin where a wealthy seaside enclave favored by ...

Photo Gallery: Aerial Photos Show the Scope of Destruction ... suddenly exposed to view from all sides. Photos that an Associated Press photographer took from a helicopter on Thursday show the ...

I had seen the photos. I had seen the video. But nothing could simulate what I saw from inside an aircraft 300 yards from the coastline. I was struck by an eerie juxtaposition as waves lapped up o ...

Blackened trees stand out amid the rubble, and the occasional mansion remains, suddenly exposed to view from all sides. Photos that an ... foam of the surf washes up on the sand just feet away.

I had seen the photos. I had seen the video. But nothing could simulate what I saw from inside an aircraft 300 yards from the coastline. I was struck by an eerie juxtaposition as waves lapped up onto ...