Los Angeles fire evacuees face price gouging

A woman walks past the remains of homes destroyed by fire in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood in Los Angeles. – Reuters

SANTA MONICA, United States (AFP): Five days after an inferno razed Pacific Palisades, Maya Lieberman is desperate to find somewhere to live. But unscrupulous landlords who are jacking up prices are making it hard.

"The price gouging is going haywire, it's obscene," the 50-year-old stylist told AFP.