The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic Black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley.

When fires swept through Altadena, in Los Angeles County, generational wealth and a place of opportunity for people of color, went up in smoke.

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.

We continue our coverage of the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which have killed at least 24 people as of Monday. Some 150,000 more have been forced to evacuate their homes and over 40,

There was no official alert about the wildfire barreling toward the mountainous community of Altadena, California ... Paradise has averaged about 500 new properties a year since the blaze.

A group of California firefighters stopped an alleged ... Los Angeles County Fire Department were working in a burned-down Altadena neighborhood on Thursday when they came across two suspicious ...

Danielle Neal is a fourth-generation resident of Altadena who saw the house she ... A January study from the University of Southern California found that the region’s housing problems were ...

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Winiecki’s brother, Mark, who lives in New Mexico, said the medical examiner’s office notified their family Sunday night that she had died in the inferno that engulfed Altadena. “It’s sad.

In this section of western Altadena, residents weren't ordered to evacuate until after 5 a.m., according to records reviewed by The Times. That was well after smoke and flames were threatening the area.

From California residents who attend school in Connecticut, to a longtime New Haven resident who moved there, many have felt loss from the Los Angeles fires.

The Times reported that several neighborhoods in eastern Altadena received ... no hot spots remain.… A new brushfire is burning in Ventura County, near the California State University Channel ...