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A legacy destroyed: Altadena's Black residents fear neighborhood's soul may never return
Fires happened in the hills, not in lower Altadena. When Conley jostled him awake at 3 a.m., 90 minutes before his alarm was set to go off for work, and told him she and his sister were evacuating ...
Against all odds, Black residents built something remarkable in Altadena. Then the fire came
The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic Black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley.
CNN on MSN7d
For historically Black Altadena, the combined wildfire loss of generational wealth and personal heirlooms is indescribable
For many African Americans who built their lives and businesses in historically Black communities like Altadena, the combined ...
Altadena Teens and Families Lost Everything in the LA Fires — Here Are Their Stories
Historically, Altadena and Northern Pasadena were home to some of the first middle-class Black communities in California ...
LAist10d
Altadena has avoided California’s fire insurance hell. That won’t last.
Despite the fact that Altadena sits within a wildland-urban interface — the area where housing development pushes up against the fire-prone hills — Altadena’s affected neighborhoods do not a ...
New York Post13d
‘90210’ house survives LA fires that destroyed neighborhood, stunning photo shows
The “Beverly Hills, 90210” house that Shannen Doherty ... The Hollywood Reporter visited the residence in Altadena on Thursday and confirmed it was untouched. The house only had a covering ...
CNN7d
For historically Black Altadena, the combined wildfire loss of generational wealth and personal heirlooms is indescribable
In Altadena, locals saw Lake Avenue as the de ... “There’s a big fire in the hills to the east of us,” Butler wrote. “Maybe it was started by accident. Maybe not. But still, people are ...