A surprising AP photograph of an undamaged Volkswagen van surrounded by destruction from a Los Angeles wildfire has ...

Of all the destruction from the LA fires, the story of a magic blue 1977 VW bus that survived the flames offered a small beacon of hope--a beacon so needed that the image taken by Associated Press ...

The image quickly became a "beacon of hope" for some in the wake of Los Angeles' deadly January 2025 wildfires.

January 17, 2025 The retro Volkswagen bus once owned by Preston Martin an which he slept in for a year during college is ...

Preston Martin figured the retro blue Volkswagen van he slept in for a year during college was a goner, given that he parked it in a Malibu neighborhood just before the Palisades fire ripped ...

A retro Volkswagen van has inadvertently become a “beacon of hope” for Los Angeles area residents as they start to pick up ...

A Malibu resident is telling his story about how he captured a now-viral photo of a Volkswagen Bus that survived the deadly Palisades Fire. “Get out of the house, now! There’s a massive fireball ...

Preston Martin figured the retro blue Volkswagen van he slept in for a year during college was a goner, given that he parked it in a Malibu neighborhood just before the Palisades fire ripped ...

Preston Martin figured the retro blue Volkswagen van he slept in for a year during college was a goner, given that he parked it in a Malibu neighborhood just before the Palisades fire ripped ...

Two days before the Palisades fire erupted, Preston Martin parked the 1977 Volkswagen Type 2 on a flat spot up the hill from the Getty Villa NBC Universal, Inc. Preston Martin figured the retro ...