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 ...

"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.