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Eaton Fire: A rebuilding journey
What happens when a neighborhood is lost?
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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A Los Angeles County fire helicopter makes a water drop on flames in the Crown fire near Palmdale, Calif., Friday, July 30, 2010 (AP Photo/Mike Meadows) As of early this morning, firefighters working diligently to control the Crown Fire have met with much success, and have reached a reported 87% containment, according to LA Now. Although the air was hot and dry, calmer winds aided in the effort to keep the blaze from spreading....
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Firefighters are responding to a brush fire in La Cañada-Flintridge that is threatening at least one structure, according to cbs2.com. Personnel from Pasadena and Los Angeles City Fire departments are on the scene, which is reported by abc7 as being near 430 Gleneagles Place [map] which is situated in the Angeles National Forest south of the Hahamonga Watershed Park area. The quarter-acre fire was first reported around noon....
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Inside the Dakota Lounge (via Dakota's website) An early morning fire that broke out yesterday at the Dakota Lounge in Santa Monica essentially gutted the popular restaurant and music club, leaving all but the sound board and stage destroyed, reports the Santa Monica Daily Press. The fire damage was intensive; by the time firefighters arrived on scene the roof had already collapsed. Dakota Co-owner Sabrina Roark took in the devastation: "There's no roof, my...
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