While the total dollar value of claims may not wind up being catastrophic, the damage done was certainly dramatic during the spree of car bombings that struck Los Angeles over the New Year's weekend.
Dozens of vehicles were set ablaze, setting an entire city on edge as officials were initially unsure just how many perpetrators might be behind the attacks–and residents wondered when the arson would stop and if their cars might be next.
And because many vehicles in L.A. are parked beneath apartment buildings, the fires not only engulfed cars, but also led to heavy damages to homes as well (including at least one with a celebrity attachment: rock singer Jim Morrison's former home on what he dubbed "Love Street").
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