Two months since the Eaton fire exploded, Scott Turner, newly confirmed secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, joined L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger to assess

The challenge of post-fire recovery is one faced by communities around the world. Terms like “build back better” and “managed retreat” are often heard, but what do they mean for people complex making decisions on the ground?

Community organizations and Native American tribes are coming together to rebuild a more just Altadena for future generations of residents. Under the rally cry of “Altadena Is Not for Sale,” the people of the multi-racial,

Trumark Homes’ Richard Douglass says rebuilding’s impact on new-home construction is “an unprecedented unknown.”

Richard Danforth, head of Genasys, the company that provides the county with its emergency alert system, said this week the lack of alerts in Altadena were not a software issue, the latest indication that failures were the result of human error.

California updates its building code every 18 months, with major tweaks occurring in the WUI code since 2010, Raymer said. Since more than 95% of all homes in Altadena and Pacific Palisades were built before 2009, it’s likely that most fire victims will ...

Business owners in Altadena hope to see the diverse community that their organizations thrived in rise from the ashes.

California updates its building code every 18 months, with major tweaks occurring in the WUI code since 2010, Raymer said. Since more than 95% of all homes in Altadena and Pacific Palisades were ...