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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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Factory-built housing can be cheaper and faster for those seeking to rebuild after the fires — and you can tour examples at this showcase. -
Jose Rodriguez lost the garage home where his son lived. He wasn’t trying to be the first to rebuild. But his experience helped him earn that distinction. -
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.
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Crews from the L.A. County Fire Department knocked down a three-to-five acre grass fire near the 405 Freeway by LAX this afternoon.
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Investigators are looking into what appears to be a human skull and a shoe found near the fire that broke out Friday in northern L.A. County.
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We hope your important mail wasn't in this USPS truck.
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60 high rise condos and apartments in Los Angeles, or 35 percent of all high-rise residences in the city, don't have fire sprinklers installed.
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Forty passengers had to run for safety when a bus caught on fire in Norwalk Saturday night. The bus pulled off the 605 freeway at Imperial Highway and pulled over for riders to escape as flames shot out from the windows.
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Here’s a story for the next time someone tells you that video games make you a violent/useless sociopath/stoner: this morning, a 22-year-old man in Westminster who was in the midst of a video game rescued his 87-year-old neighbor, who was overcome by smoke in a mobile home fire across the street.
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A mother and her daughter are missing after a fire broke out at the mechanic shop they lived above.
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With three major fires already this year, this could be the worst season for Southern California wildfires in 100 years, officials warn.
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A savage wildfire is raging into its second day in Ventura County, and firefighters from multiple agencies are working to get the blaze contained.
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A 22-year-old Orange County woman is on the hook for arson and possibly attempted murder charges after she allegedly set her home on fire last week with her mother, child, and roommates inside.
