A prizewinning Japanese author who lost her home in the recent wildfires in Los Angeles expressed dismay that the life she once knew is now over."Everything from the past has disappeared," said Fumiko Kometani, 94, stunned by her losses in the ongoing fires that have ravaged multiple areas in and near the city.On Jan. 7, the day a major fire broke out and advanced toward her neighborhood, Kometani's family rushed to her home in Pacific Palisades, western Los Angeles, and urged her to leave quickly.Her home had never before been affected by wildfires and she did not immediately think it nece…READ FULL ARTICLE
