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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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LAist is surveying people who lost their homes during the fires. Here’s how to participate in an illustrated project highlighting your memories. -
After the LA fires, mortgage companies promised to give devastated homeowners a break. Some have notBorrowers who lost homes tell LAist their banks are not following the rules of a state mortgage relief program. Some have been told they could face foreclosure. -
After fire destroyed her June Bug tattoo studio, Isabela Livingstone regrouped — and began offering healing ink to fellow fire survivors. -
As thousands across L.A. County undergo the process of debris removal in the burn scars, our reporter shares her family’s experience. -
Residents have teamed up with a public works veteran to rid the public right of way of signs after the Eaton Fire.
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We talk to experts about the safety of the technology and its role in the rebuild.
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Mail carrier Thomas Carter lost his home and a car he was restoring to the Eaton Fire. But along a route he has served for decades, a community of support has formed.
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L.A. County Department of Public Health convened experts for a webinar that aimed to answer questions that residents have struggled to find answers for.
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Pasadena Humane and LA Animal Services are seeking families who can care for pets, even if short-term, that can't yet be reunited with their humans.
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Two portions of the forest will remain closed for safety concerns and so the landscape can recover after the recent wildfires.
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Los Angeles councilmembers spar over a proposal to give new safeguards to tenants who lost income because of the fires.
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Researchers contributing to the ASCENT network of air quality sensors observed spikes in lead and chlorine downwind from the Eaton Fire — and their measurements are now publicly available.
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Pierce College students made use of the skills they honed in class to help hundreds of large, stressed-out animals.
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The Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to ask the state for a reprieve from laws that set density and energy requirements in burn zones.
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Nearly 1-in-3 Californians live in the wildland-urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, they often leave destruction.
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