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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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The sports community has been prominent in wildfire recovery with franchise owners giving large donations and sports stars communing with those affected by the disaster. -
A reporter navigates losing her Altadena home in the Eaton Fire.
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The 1,108-acre fire is 54% contained as of Saturday evening.
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The guide, produced by local scientists and other experts, gives recommendations for families that were affected by the Eaton and Palisades fires.
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Edison leader Pedro Pizarro spoke on AirTalk with Larry Mantle about an L.A. County Fire Department report, which concluded the utility's equipment sparked the 2025 fire.
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A new report says arcing from electrical equipment owned by the utility sparked the January 2025 fire that killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes.
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Malibu and Pasadena have settled a lawsuit that a developer and a YIMBY group filed after elected leaders restricted SB 9 development in burn zones.
