Eaton fire victims in Altadena are confronting decisions about whether to rebuild or sell. Prices are falling as available ...

There was no official alert about the wildfire barreling toward the mountainous community of Altadena, California, Erion Taylor remembers. Instead, she got a text from her neighborhood group chat ...

Altadena’s Black community had been shrinking even before the fire Altadena’s Black population has dropped to 18%, down from 43% in 1980. Experts attribute this to gentrification.

Terry Kilgore, 70, stands in his property where the yard used to be before losing his home to the Eaton Fire in January 2025, in Altadena, California, U.S., June 4, 2025.

Altadena, California, was among Los Angeles County's first Black middle-class enclaves. Some fear recent wildfires may have erased that legacy.

Altadena residents, struggling to rebuild after the devastation of the Eaton Fire, are pushing back against luxury developers eager to stake their claims in the fire-ravaged California community.

Most residents of middle-class Altadena could get fire insurance, but that is likely to change as residents rebuild and face price hikes. Altadena has avoided California’s fire insurance hell ...