'What America should look like:' loss in the Altadena fires, and a hard road to recovery
When fires swept through Altadena, in Los Angeles County, generational wealth and a place of opportunity for people of color, ...
‘Wildfire refugees’ scramble to find housing as rental prices soar
With so many displaced, people are offering double, triple the rent, “offering to pay six months rent up front.” ...
As the Living Fled, a Race to Save the Dead at an Altadena Cemetery
Workers at the Mountain View cemetery had unique concerns the night the Eaton fire broke out. The 55-acre expanse may also ...
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What Didn’t Burn in Altadena
I started receiving texts from other friends who were fleeing Altadena. Families like Jeff and Kevin, two Marines who fell in love in the service, got married at the Altadena Town & Country Club, and ...
Larry Wilson: After the fires, out-of-state pols spin lies about California
Politicians in red states such as Louisiana do a lot of stupid stuff, like politicians in California do. When a hurricane sweeps South, does that make politicians from ...
A legacy destroyed: Altadena's Black residents fear neighborhood's soul may never return
Altadena, California, was among Los Angeles County's first Black middle-class enclaves. Some fear recent wildfires may have erased that legacy.
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From Fort Dodge to Los Angeles: A journalist’s perspective on the devastating 2025 wildfires
Jay Christensen, a Fort Dodge native and 1978 graduate of Fort Dodge Senior High, spent 20 years at the Los Angeles Times, ...