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 ...

Rodney Kent Nickerson, 83, had reassured loved ones that he would be fine as his family and neighbors tried to get him to evacuate his Altadena home, his daughter Kimiko Nickerson told KCAL-TV.

The service at the First AME Church of Pasadena offered a moment for a those bonded by tragedy to honor the lives of Erliene Kelley, 84, Evelyn McClendon, 59, and Rodney Nickerson, 82 and ...

Kimiko Nickerson recalls her last conversation with her 83-year-old father, Rodney Nickerson. “He said he’ll be fine. ‘I’ll be here when you guys come back,’ and he said his house would ...

"I just hate that he had to go out like that." Also killed in the Eaton Fire was 82-year-old Rodney Nickerson, who died in his bed. His daughter, Kimiko Nickerson, said that he wanted to stay in ...

"Because of them, we exist here in our community." Rodney Nickerson died trying to save his home from the Eaton Fire. He was the grandson of the founder of the Nickerson Gardens community in Watts.