Relatives of the grandson of the founder of Watts’ Nickerson Gardens housing complex sued the Southern California Edison Co.

Suit filed by the estate of Rodney Nickerson, whose grandfather founded the Nickerson Gardens public housing complex in Watts ...

Rodney Nickerson, an engineer with deep family ties to the broader Los Angeles community, resisted pleas from his family to evacuate as flames approached the Altadena home where he had lived for more ...

LOS ANGELES — Rodney Nickerson had felt the Santa Ana winds blow through Altadena before. He'd lived there since 1968, when he bought his three-bedroom house on Alta Pine Drive with $5 down and ...