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Eaton Fire: A rebuilding journey
Josie Huang, weekend host for LAist 89.3 and a veteran reporter, is among the thousands of people to lose her home in the devastating fires that hit L.A. in January 2025. She shares the journey as she and Altadena neighbors work to rebuild.
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Reporting on the fire that destroyed my neighborhood
Josie Huang returns to her burned out street as she and others navigate losing their Altadena homes in the Eaton Fire.
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Residents have teamed up with a public works veteran to rid the public right of way of signs after the Eaton Fire. -
We take a closer look at Southern California Edison’s plans to go underground with power lines in Altadena and Malibu. -
Board members of the Altadena Builds Back Foundation include those who lost homes in the Eaton Fire. -
The Pasadena-based Greenline Housing Foundation is the first community organization to close on an Eaton Fire lot. -
Residents find a semblance of normalcy amid the stacks.
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Local officials have told tenants to sue landlords who refuse to clean post-fire smoke damage. A new lawsuit seeks to require inspections and enforcement.
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Five months after the Eaton Fire, soil tests show elevated levels of lead and other toxic metals in and around the affected areas.
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L.A. County is offering free tests after recent analysis showed high levels of lead downwind of the January fire that devastated Altadena.
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The federal government and state agencies haven't taken charge of comprehensive soil testing, as they did with past fires in California. Here's what people can do now.
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The museum has been closed for more than four months.
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Pasadena Unified School District released results from soil samples this week, five months after the Eaton Fire.
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The neighborhood’s beloved Thai restaurant, Miya, is again opening its doors, even though there may be few customers.
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Previously, a criminal background disqualified them from becoming professional county firefighters.
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The relief is meant to help homes and businesses rebuild after the January fires.
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Good Neighbor Bar opened six months before the Eaton fire. It survived and now it needs community support.
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