Fast forward to now, the aftermath of a catastrophic January day in 2025, when extreme wind fueled the hellish Eaton fire ...

For many African Americans who built their lives and businesses in historically Black communities like Altadena, the combined ...

(Photo by Tess Patton) Another devastating scene from downtown Altadena. (Photo by Tess Patton) A dumbbell and a small birdhouse survived from the fires at Schaffer’s home in Altadena.

As fires burn in Los Angeles, water utilities are responding to extensive damage to pipes and storage and treatment ...

Many Californians thought wildfires couldn’t reach deep into their cities. But the Los Angeles fires showed how older homes ...

Credit: AP/Chris Pizzello A man walks in front of the burning Altadena Community Church, Wednesday in the downtown Altadena section of Pasadena, Calif. Credit: AP/Etienne Laurent The Palisades ...

The spiking levels underscore the added danger from wildfires when cars, homes, and other structures burn, researchers said.

By the 1960s and 70s, Black people had found a rare haven in Altadena, 17 miles north of Downtown L.A., a rustic foothill oasis in a desert of redlining and racism of the era. All this in a town ...

What do they do? Where do they start?” Nestled at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains, Altadena is about 15 miles from downtown Los Angeles, but for locals it may as well be a world away.