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The road to recovery: Altadena families struggle to rebuild after devastating wildfires
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The road to recovery: Altadena families struggle to rebuild after devastating wildfires
On Jan. 7, the day the Eaton fire began to burn in Southern California, 42-year-old Shai McCall did not think much of it, at first. She’s lived in her family’s Altadena home all her life, and it’s not unusual to see fires burning in the San Gabriel Mountains.
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Beyoncé pledges $2.5M to help rebuild historic Black community ravaged by fires
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Beyoncé pledges $2.5M to help rebuild historic Black community ravaged by fires
When the Eaton Canyon fires roared through Altadena and Pasadena on January 7, the historic Black community of Altadena, a beacon of resilience and Civil Rights-era progress, faced near-total devastation. Among Los Angeles County’s hardest-hit areas, the unincorporated San Gabriel Valley town — home to 42,000 residents — saw over 1,000 structures destroyed, at least five lives lost and thousands displaced.
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L.A. firestorms destroy a historic Black community
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L.A. firestorms destroy a historic Black community
As the rapidly spreading Eaton wildfire in Los Angeles crept closer to the home he’d lived in for nearly six decades, Rodney Nickerson, 83, wasn’t going to panic. Despite the pleas of his worried daughter and anxious neighbors, he was staying put.
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