Arizona firefighters protect ravaged California neighborhood
6 days ago · ALTADENA, California — Arizona firefighters were among those monitoring a neighborhood in Altadena, a community north of Pasadena, where a mix of life past and present coexisted in the wake of...
Altadena, diverse and colorful, has burned. Can it be rebuilt?
4 days ago · 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 ...
Mapping the damage from the Eaton and Palisades fires
2 days ago · Early in the evening of Jan. 7, Altadena and Pasadena residents saw flames in the distance at Eaton Canyon — an area known for horseback riding, hiking trails, streams and wild animals.
Altadena, California - Wikipedia
Altadena (/ ˌ ɑː l t ə ˈ d iː n ə / pronunciation ⓘ AL-tə-DEE-nə) is an unincorporated area [3] [4], and census-designated place in the San Gabriel Valley and the Verdugos [5] regions of Los Angeles County, California.Directly north of Pasadena, it is located approximately 14 miles (23 km) from Downtown Los Angeles.Its population was 42,846 at …
The California wildfires could be leaving deeper inequality in their ...
6 days ago · But a drive through the charred neighborhoods around Altadena shows that the fires also burned through a remarkable haven for generations of Black families avoiding discriminatory housing practices elsewhere. They have been communities of racial and economic diversity, where many people own their own homes. Some now fear the most destructive fires in California’s history have altered that ...
Altadena worries diverse neighborhoods will be lost after fire – …
Jan 12, 2025 · Altadena residents are mourning the loss of the city’s historic Black neighborhoods. Many are now concerned what those communities will look like going forward. Velena Jones reports.
L.A. County wildfires leave diverse and historic Altadena in ashes …
5 days ago · Families of color, making up over half of Altadena, have bought homes and kept them for generations. The Black homeownership rate exceeds 80%, almost double the national rate.
Hillside horror: How California's Eaton Fire fast expansion …
Jan 12, 2025 · Hillside horror:How California's Eaton Fire rapidly expanded, decimating Altadena community 6:18 p.m.: Firefighters respond to a fire reported near Eaton Canyon in Pasadena. 8:12 p.m.:
On a block in Altadena, only a few houses remain, including theirs ...
Jan 11, 2025 · An exhausted and sooty Mark Turner had just returned Wednesday from inspecting his home in Altadena and removing valuables, and he was showing 13-year-old daughter May some photographs of the ...
LIVE: Aftermath of wildfires in Altadena, California
4 days ago · AP is live from Altadena as firefighters battle wind-whipped wildfires tearing across the area. Deaths in the fires that have ravaged neighborhoods in the past week rose, reaching 24 with an update in the official count late Sunday.