Watching flames, some residents refuse to evacuate from Woolsey fire

When a mass shooting left one of her classmates dead late Wednesday, Andrea Romero fled Pepperdine University for somewhere she felt safe — her grandparents’ home in West Hills.
Then the Woolsey fire raced toward that home, threatening her again.
Sunday, Nov. 11, hotspots could be seen flaring repeatedly within eyesight of the home, but the family decided not to evacuate.
For one thing, most of Romero’s things were at Pepperdine, which she couldn’t access becaus