Just after 10:30 a.m. on a cool, foggy January morning, smoke began rising from a ridge above Pacific Palisades — a quiet ...

While some fire victims are opting to sell their lots in Altadena, one woman is choosing to stay and rebuild — and she's ...

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 ...

Altadena has avoided California’s fire insurance hell. That won’t last. Jake Bittle. Updated Tue, January 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM UTC. 7 min read.

Altadena’s Black community had been shrinking even before the fire Altadena’s Black population has dropped to 18%, down from 43% in 1980. Experts attribute this to gentrification.

Altadena was the center of one of the fires, a town where more than 9,000 homes and businesses were lost. My across-the-street neighbor in Altadena, a retiree named Sandra, said she got creepy low ...

Before fires ravaged Altadena, California, earlier this year, Altadena Town & Country Club was central to the local economy. It had about 120 employees, many of which were locals. Now, only six ...

Altadena, California, was among Los Angeles County's first Black middle-class enclaves. Some fear recent wildfires may have erased that legacy.

In Altadena, 61% of Black households were located in the fire zone, according to a study by UCLA. Altadena was a bastion for Black homeownership, but the wildfires have placed Black residents and ...

Most residents of middle-class Altadena could get fire insurance, but that is likely to change as residents rebuild and face price hikes. Altadena has avoided California’s fire insurance hell ...