The Eaton Fire burned everything in its path along Dr. Bruce Lander's street in Altadena, but it came to a halt when it reached his house - which is made of steel.
It's an astonishing place and the name is simple - Japan House. But what it actually is might be a little more complicated.
Tucked away in a nondescript business park in Inglewood sits the future of space travel.
California is joining eight other states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit to stop the release of blueprints to make 3-D printed plastic guns.
The 3D-printed gun debate began in 2013 when the State Department said downloadable blueprints violated federal export laws since some of the documents were downloaded by people outside the country.
A federal judge in Seattle has issued a temporary restraining order to stop the release of blueprints to make untraceable and undetectable 3D-printed plastic guns.