How Black families hope to preserve Altadena's history after the Eaton Fire
When the Eaton Fire blazed through Altadena earlier this month it took more than homes and memories — it devastated a city that has long been a haven for Black families.
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THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Rebuild Black Altadena without the usual obstacles
A 2018 study by Rice University sociologists and the University of Pittsburgh examined counties that were hit by natural ...
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State Senators Invite Altadena Residents to a Listening Session on the Urgent Need for an Equitable Recovery in the Aftermath of the Wildfires
State Senators Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) and Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Pasadena) brought together Altadena residents, ...
Los Angeles Fires Ravaged a Historic Black Neighborhood. Now Residents Wonder Who Will Return.
In Altadena, many fear that offers from speculators and the challenges of rebuilding will unravel a community of Black ...
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Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
Widely cited as the first major Black woman author of science fiction, Butler grew up near Altadena, in Pasadena, and spent much of her life in Southern California before moving to the Seattle ...
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Altadena Bar Owner Drives Through Eaton Fire Disaster Zone to Help Survivors Determine If Their Homes Survived
Mona Holmes Mona Holmes is an editor at Eater Southern California/Southwest, a regular contributor at KCRW radio, and a 2022 James Beard Award nominee. Randy Clement, co-owner of Altadena’s Good ...
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'What America should look like:' loss in the Altadena fires, and a hard road to recovery
There was no official alert about the wildfire barreling toward the mountainous community of Altadena, California, Erion Taylor remembers. Instead, she got a text from her neighborhood group chat ...