A brush fire fueled by high winds ignited the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 7 in the Eaton Canyon area in Pasadena. It has burned parts of Pasadena, Altadena and Sierra Madre and forced evacuations including La Canada-Flintridge. While the fire is still burning and it’s difficult to know the total damage, whole neighborhoods appear to be lost.
It could be a week or more before homeowners in the Los Angeles area are allowed to check on their fire-damaged properties
At least 16 people have lost their lives in the series of fast-moving blazes, which officials have declared one of the worst disasters to ever hit California. Although smoke-eaters still have ...
For many African Americans who built their lives and businesses in historically Black communities like Altadena, the combined loss of generational wealth and personal heirlooms is indescribable.
As many as 11,000 people will be able to return home as crews continue to get a handle on fires that started during an extreme wind event on Jan. 7, but another round of fire weather could last for much of next week.
Pasadena will resume parking enforcement in the city’s business districts starting Tuesday, city officials said.
Residents walk past homes burned by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, on January 8, after terrifying blazes leveled whole streets, torching cars and houses in minutes. Robyn Beck/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.
The Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center burned down in the Eaton fire. But on a remaining wall, Mmembers discovered a hidden treasure.
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.
Millions of Southern Californians were on edge as winds began picking up during a final round of dangerous fire weather forecast for the region Wednesday where two massive blazes have killed at least 25 and destroyed thousands of homes.
Today’s climate driven disasters are the result of more than a century of extracting and burning fossil fuels,' says Altadena-based climate lawyer Maya Golden-Krasner, deputy director of the Center fo
Southern California residents are facing dire new wildfire warnings and power shutoffs while they prepare to flee at a moment’s notice as fire-fueling winds blasted across the scarred landscape