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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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Philanthropic funds helped purchase a burned lot that used to have 14 rental units. Supporters hope the project can be a model for rebuilding equitably for renters. -
The program will launch later this fall, but the utility says it wants to gather community feedback on things like eligibility criteria first. -
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.
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Congrats to Artemis the German shepherd!
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SB 982 could give the state a way to force oil companies to pay for their role.
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21% of unhoused survey respondents said they were injured during 2025's wildfires
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Los Angeles has an acute shortage of qualified construction workers as the region tries to rebuild from the Eaton and Palisades fires.
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April’s national wildfire forecast shows that nearly the entire Western U.S. will face an above-normal risk of wildfires at some point in the next four months.
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Hundreds of Altadena residents want to rebuild with a modern sewer system, but that's proving to be harder and more expensive than they expected.
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The fire started Friday afternoon fueled by Santa Ana winds. It's all but contained by Sunday morning.
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Residents who weren’t directly affected can also share their observations about the county’s response.
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The Palisades Bowl was a rare affordable spot in the area. As sellers pitch the property as a “blank canvas" for developers, those displaced wonder if they'll ever go home.
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The deposition was released by representatives of the thousands of families affected by the Palisades Fire.
