Suit filed by the estate of Rodney Nickerson, whose grandfather founded the Nickerson Gardens public housing complex in Watts ...

Relatives of the grandson of the founder of Watts’ Nickerson Gardens housing complex sued the Southern California Edison Co.

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 ...

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.