Thousands of wildfire survivors whose smoke-related claims were denied by the FAIR Plan could now appeal to receive payments.

The Eaton Fire incinerated hundreds of homes and cars in the largely middle-class neighborhood of Altadena, leaving behind only ash-soaked chimneys and flaming gas lines. Unlike many fire victims ...

ALTADENA, California — Residents of California’s San Gabriel Valley had been coexisting with wildfire danger for generations before this week’s firestorm. Even relative newcomers, like me ...

I have not seen that kind of bullying in policy making in the entire time I’ve been here,” said state Sen. Roger Niello, ...

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 ...

Two California bills – one signed, another on the way – hope to remake the state's film incentive program with far more money ...

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

Edwin Castro, who came forward last month as California Lottery’s first billionaire winner, closed on the Altadena home not long after purchasing a $25.5-million home in Hollywood Hills.

A drive through the charred neighborhoods around Altadena shows that the fires burned through a remarkable haven for generations of Black families avoiding discriminatory housing practices elsewhere.

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Altadena has avoided California’s fire insurance hell. That won’t last. on Jan 14, 2025. Advertisement. About Our Ads; ...

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 ...