Brianna Sacks
Brianna Sacks is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Los Angeles.
Contact this reporter at brianna.sacks@buzzfeed.com
Inside The North Carolina Republican Vote Machine: Cash, Pills — And Ballots
McCrae Dowless and his family worked with “wads of cash” — and workers illegally handled absentee ballots, a woman who worked for him says.
Brianna Sacks
• 4 days ago
California Residents Devastated By Wildfires Are Now Having To Evacuate Due To Mudslides
Heavy rain from a powerful storm has sparked mud and debris flows in communities ravaged this month by wildfires, prompting new evacuation orders.
Brianna Sacks
• 10 days ago
Bodycam Footage Shows How People Barely Escaped California’s Deadliest Fire As Flames Closed In
The sheriff’s deputy turned on his camera “in hopes of capturing what he thought were going to be the last moments of his life.”
Brianna Sacks
• 10 days ago
The Massive Search Effort For Human Remains From California's Deadliest Fire Is Now Over
"You've been a part of this for so long and then you're supposed to go back to your regular life. It's tough."
Brianna Sacks
• 11 days ago
An 89-Year-Old Man Gave $1,000 To Every High School Student And Teacher Who Survived The Paradise Fire
"I made up my mind in five minutes. I thought about all [that] these kids are missing, sports teams, proms, everything in such disarray — and I wanted to go help."
Brianna Sacks
• 11 days ago
We Now Have The Video From When A Gender-Reveal Party Started A Massive Wildfire And It's Insane
On the upside, we finally know the gender of the baby...😬
Brianna Sacks
• 13 days ago
A Pair Of Genetically Edited Babies Might Have Been Successfully Born In China
However, the lead scientist's actions are now being investigated for serious violations of academic ethics and codes of conduct by the university he is affiliated with.
Brianna Sacks
• 13 days ago
California Fire Evacuees Still Don't Know Where They Will Live Because There Aren't Many Options
“That’s the real hard part,” one evacuee said. “The one thing you need is housing, and there’s nothing there for you.”
Brianna Sacks
• 20 days ago
After California's Worst Wildfire, Rain May Wash Away Ash, Smoke, And Victim Remains
An inch and a half of rain could cause flooding and debris flows, as well as interrupt the search for hundreds of missing people.
Claudia Koerner
• 20 days ago
After Surviving California’s Deadliest Wildfire, Evacuees Are Now Being Infected With A Virus At Shelters
Norovirus is a highly contagious gastrointestinal virus that spreads easily in crowded conditions.
Theresa Tamkins
• 23 days ago
Nothing Can Prepare The People Who Have To Search For Charred Bodies After The California Wildfires
“It’s like a total cremation of a town. It’s hard to see.”
Brianna Sacks
• 23 days ago
Families Left Homeless By California’s Deadliest Wildfire Are Now Living In A Walmart Parking Lot
“I can’t even think. We’re still all in shock that we’re all here in this one little community Walmart parking lot.”
Stephanie K. Baer
• 25 days ago
The California Town Destroyed By The Camp Fire Wasn't Prepared For The Worst. And Then Something Even Worse Came.
“Years and years and years ago we knew we had a problem with that community," a Cal Fire chief said.
Brianna Sacks
• 25 days ago
Malibu Residents Stranded By The California Wildfires Are Using Yachts And Surfboards To Bring In Supplies By Sea
"Malibu really is so strong and there's a whole army that wants to help."
Brianna Sacks
• 25 days ago
A Beloved Jewish Summer Camp Was Destroyed In California's Wildfires, But Leaders Are Vowing To Rebuild
More than 40,000 youths have spent their summers at Camp Hess Kramer in Malibu. Now, only remnants remain.
Brianna Sacks
• 26 days ago
This 25-Year-Old Lost A Friend In The Borderline Shooting. Then She Helped Fire Evacuees.
"We went from a massacre to a natural disaster and no one has any time to catch their breath. You can't grieve or feel anything when you're being kicked out of your home."
Brianna Sacks
• 28 days ago
With Firefighters Overwhelmed, Some Malibu Residents Felt Abandoned And Fought To Save Their Own Homes
"I know they were stretched thin and I don't know their jobs and I don't know what's going on. But it's hard not to feel like we were abandoned."
Brianna Sacks
• 29 days ago
As Flames Licked Dangerously Close To Their Homes, Some Malibu Residents Refused To Leave
“There will be flames up to people’s porches and they will be like, ‘Oh look, it stopped, we’re good,’” one resident said. “That’s just what it is like to live here.”
Brianna Sacks
• 29 days ago
