dining room

The evening before Valentine’s Day, as a heavy rain fell and flooding and mudslides hit Southern California, Stephan and Natalia sat at their dining room table amid white walls, a chandelier and a spotless floor.

Clover, 9, and Henry, 7, sit at the dining room table of the friend’s house where the Bull-Gehling family is currently staying — their sixth stop since they lost their house in the Eaton fire.

Brown in her dining room, where she installed peel-and-stick wallpaper to make a statement.

From a kitchen visible across the dining room, Lorea offers a menu that highlights local produce and seasonal ingredients at their peak.

Seating stretches from the back of the diner’s long dining room to the caged, cash-only checkout register.