X and Reddit users have shared concerns over the messages in LA but locals have shared insight into who is behind them

A Los Angeles region near a shipping port has shot into the limelight after social media users spotted the words 'help' and 'traffico' on Google satellite live images. The words were written in the debris of the wildfires that have ravaged the region.

Social media users spotting the words "help" and "traffico" written in the debris of wildfires that ravaged a Los Angeles region near a shipping port.

Mysterious ‘HELP’ and ‘TRÁFFICO’ signs that are visible on Google Earth are causing concern in downtown Los Angeles. Satellite imagery shows the lettering constructed from old pipes and wood chunks near rows of shipping containers.

Large HELP and TRAFICO signs near Cesar Chavez Ave in LA stir fears of trafficking or protests over displacement.

Los Angeles officials on Tuesday abruptly stopped a longstanding policy allowing employees to communicate using Google Chat messages that were automatically deleted after 24 hours.

A years-old video showing a fire along Interstate 405 in Los Angeles was shared online with the false suggestion that it shows California wildfires in January 2025.

Local hotels and city officials are working with Airbnb.org and Google to offer displaced evacuees free or discounted accommodations.

After wildfires swept through Los Angeles, California, on January 7, 2025, an old clip from 2017 recirculated online in various languages with a false claim that it shows a man rescuing a rabbit from the recent blazes.

Google and YouTube have pledged to donate $15 million to ongoing Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts, the latest company to donate

Calculating air pollution from wildfires and other events has become more complicated. That doesn’t mean it’s necessarily more accurate.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a more than $2.5 billion package to help the Los Angeles area recover from its recent deadly wildfires.