Four members of the family lost their homes entirely in the Los Angeles County wildfires, which have left at least 27 people dead. About 82,000 people across the county remain under mandatory evacuation orders and another 90,000 are under evacuation warnings.
As they rebuild, residents of the middle-class enclave could face steep price hikes. Randy and Miki Quinton held hands as they walked uphill into what remains of their neighborhood in Altadena, the unincorporated Los Angeles suburb where they had lived for more than 20 years.
Lower-wage workers in some of the homes and businesses ravaged by fires are scrambling to find housing and jobs with little to fall back on.
In a Los Angeles suburb, multigenerational families like the Benns found affordable housing and a deep sense of connection. After the devastating fires, many wonder whether they’ll be able to rebuild what they’ve lost.
At least two dozen people have been reported dead in fires raging across Los Angeles. Five lived near one another in a ravaged Altadena neighborhood.
View maps below of the evacuations, fire locations and fire perimeters.As many as six fires burned in the Los Angeles area at a time, including two larger fires in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods.
A GoFundMe directory of Black families who lost everything in the Eaton Fire is gaining traction online. The directory was put together by the organization Community Aid
Fennessy said the meter “wasn’t completely out,” and he “wasn’t sure if it was going to rekindle,” but it was all he “could do” at the moment to save the home.
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 ...
More than 20 people have died across the Los Angeles area. Officials have said the true death toll isn't known as the fires continue to burn.