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

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

Within days, the group blossomed into a Bay Area-wide community of people offering to donate items for fire victims.

In the background was the bus ... The two are thrilled that the van's survival has touched so many people."It's so cool that it's become this, like, beacon of hope," Martin said.