Not Far From Tense Clashes, Life Goes on in L.A. Los Angeles County, all 4,000 square miles of it, has a way of insulating and isolating mayhem, man-made or otherwise.

The new U.C.L.A. survey found that many adults in Los Angeles County had lost jobs or incomes to the fires, or knew someone who had been personally affected by the disaster.

Now, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs have put a price tag on the devastation: $30 billion. That’s how much the banks estimate the L.A. infernos could cost insurers, ABC reports —although with ...