California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles Fires Ravaged a Historic Black Neighborhood. Now Residents Wonder Who Will Return.
In Altadena, many fear that offers from speculators and the challenges of rebuilding will unravel a community of Black ...
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Altadena sheriff’s station reopens after smoke contaminants prompted closure
Four days after airborne contamination from wildfire smoke prompted the closure of its Altadena station, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Monday the facility is once again fully ...
Historic Black neighborhood of Altadena reduced to ashes in Los Angeles Wildfires
Amongst the thousands of acres set aflame by the Los Angeles wildfires, Altadena, a historically Black neighborhood, is left ...
17 deaths reported in Los Angeles area that did not receive alert until hours after wildfire broke out
Los Angeles County supervisors are looking into the alert system after residents in the Eaton Fire area were not alerted ...
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The destruction of Altadena reverberates across Black Los Angeles
As Los Angeles communities were forced to integrate, Black residents often faced intimidation or outright violence when moving into predominantly white neighborhoods. But Altadena took a ...
Progress made on Los Angeles fires as evacuation orders lift
Evacuation orders have been lifted for thousands of Californians, while new blazes ignited in the city of San Diego and on the Mexico border and a red flag emergency warning for critical fire risk was ...
Los Angeles wildfires spark interest in adobe, natural building materials
Marialyce Pedersen stood in a white Tyvek suit on her Altadena, California, lot leveled by this month's wildfires. Pedersen ...
Late evacuation orders in Altadena raise haunting question: Could more lives have been spared?
After a report from The Times, officials have called for an external review into delayed evacuation alerts in western ...