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A legacy destroyed: Altadena's Black residents fear neighborhood's soul may never return
Altadena, California, was among Los Angeles County's first Black middle-class enclaves. Some fear recent wildfires may have erased that legacy.
California utility reports fault on power line miles away from origin of deadly Eaton fire
GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — Southern California Edison on Monday reported a fault on a power line connected miles away from ones located near the origin of the Eaton Fire, the deadly blaze that ignited outside of Los Angeles on Jan. 7 and killed at least 17 people.
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'Don't lose me': Woman, 100, rescued by deputies as Eaton Fire approached senior living facility
Harrowing video shows two deputies rescue a 100-year-old woman as the Eaton Fire approached her senior living facility.
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Man finds engagement ring in rubble of Altadena home and immediately proposes
Brian McShea and Stephanie Raynor rummaged through the debris of where their Altadena home once stood ... Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to you every morning.
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Which LA Fire Victims Get Money on GoFundMe — and Who Gets Left Out?
As the Eaton fire swept through Altadena, California, Mai-Lin Graves came to a brutal realization: The victims were people she grew up with. “That’s my old elementary school teacher ...
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Family's 100-pound pet tortoise found safe after surviving Eaton Fire in California
ALTADENA, Calif. -- A family in Altadena, California, is rejoicing after their 100-pound pet tortoise was found amid the devastation of the Eaton Fire. Rocki survived the fire after the family lost their home. She was found safe on January 9.
Southern California rain helps firefighters but creates risk of flooding and toxic ash runoff
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After weeks of windy and dry weather, rain has fallen in parched Southern California and is expected to aid firefighters who are mopping up multiple wildfires. But potentially heavy downpours on charred hillsides could bring new troubles such as toxic ash runoff.
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Altadena sheriff’s station reopens after smoke contaminants prompted closure
and the California flag flying overhead disintegrated in the heat of the Eaton fire. But after briefly relocating to the nearby Crescenta Valley sheriff’s station, Altadena deputies soon ...
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Before the fire: remembering Altadena, California, where I lived
I moved away from California about 35 years ago, but I still think about the years I spent there. When I used to look up my old neighborhood in Altadena, CA on Google Maps, it was always green. Last week, when I looked it up on the Eaton Fire map, it was all yellow. When I looked it up tonight on a different map, it was mostly red.
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Families of wildfire victims mired in grief, questioning what more could have been done
"Whoever is in there is no longer alive,” she recalled one of the firemen telling her before urging her to flee her Altadena neighborhood ... the summer the warmest on record in California, drying out the vegetation that fueled the flames.
Some artists lost their life's work in LA wildfires. Fellow artists are helping them recover
Los Angeles area residents woke up earlier this month to the news that thousands of homes and entire neighborhoods had been burned to ash in massive wildfires.
Wildfire took an Altadena man’s neighborhood and his Corvette dream
The wildfire destroyed Danny Robinson's house and vintage cars, including a 1966 Pontiac GTO and his Corvette. He's promising to rebuild and restore, but his Corvette dream is gone forever.