After the Eaton Fire, these Altadena residents return — with despair and hope — to homes in ruins
A mom and daughter, a cat-loving stage prop designer and a “Forest”-dwelling contractor are among the few who’ve gotten back ...
LAist13d
In Altadena, where many Black families became homeowners, displaced residents grapple with grief and uncertainty
It’s been a sanctuary for Black residents in particular: about eight of 10 African Americans living there own their homes — close to double the national rate. So when the Eaton Fire ignited ...
Pasadena Star-News15d
Black communities in Pasadena, Altadena devastated by Eaton fire
Pasadena and Altadena, two communities hit hard by the Eaton fire ... In California, Black homeownership is at 36.6%, nearly 28 points below rates for White homeownership, CalMatters reported.
CNN7d
For historically Black Altadena, the combined wildfire loss of generational wealth and personal heirlooms is indescribable
Nearly every day since the Eaton Fire destroyed her home ... which sparked a White flight to the suburbs that enabled Black Americans across the country to purchase homes for their families ...
Yahoo9d
After the Eaton Fire, these Altadena residents return — with despair and hope — to homes in ruins
Wreckage stretches for miles in every direction in this part of middle-class Altadena at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, where the deadly Eaton ... a fluffy black and white tabby ...
Los Angeles Times10d
The destruction of Altadena reverberates across Black Los Angeles
He’d just been at the restaurant around 9 p.m., when the Eaton ... white residents left the area, and west Altadena in particular. As Los Angeles communities were forced to integrate, Black ...
Opinion: Beautiful Altadena’s one-of-a-kind town was destroyed. But we can rebuild
The Eaton fire devastated this diverse community at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. Here is what we've lost.
Whittier Daily News15d
Black communities in Pasadena, Altadena devastated by Eaton fire
Pasadena and Altadena, two communities hit hard by the Eaton ... many White settlers were decades ahead in homeownership. “Decades of intentional, government-sponsored zoning, redlining, and predatory ...
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I’ve Covered Climate Disasters for Decades. Now I Live on the Front Lines.
You never expect it. As a journalist covering climate disasters and other news, I have always been on the outside, reporting ...