LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters from the Navajo Nation worked tirelessly through a haze of dust to cut away dirt from a narrow road at the side of a mountain struck by a landslide in Southern California, coughing and sneezing amid the backbreaking work.

Some died protecting loved ones. Some died trying to protect their home with a garden hose. Some died waiting for help to arrive. As friends and families grieve the loss of their grandmothers, friends,