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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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Community groups helped the arts community rebuild, but those who received aid and those who gave it say the relief system needs work ahead of the next disaster. -
Southern California Edison received 1,500 applications for its Eaton Fire compensation program and paid out 82 after close to two months. -
A year after the Los Angeles fires, communities remain strong, losses remain significant, and efforts to rebuild are underway. -
The mosque is currently operating out of a temporary space rented from a church. -
L.A. residents from both communities shared their memories from before the Eaton and Palisades fires. LAist created hand-drawn illustrations to bring those memories to life.
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What will happen if survivors are on the hook for rent and a mortgage at the same time? It's common after a disaster, one expert says.
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Survivors say they're frustrated with the complicated application process while trying to decide if they'll rebuild or relocate.
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911 recordings obtained by LAist shed light on why and how emergency planning continues to leave people with disabilities behind.
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Full Circle Thrift, a nonprofit thrift store in Altadena, reopened this week, six months after the Eaton Fire devastated the neighborhood.
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Six months after the Eaton and Palisades fires, survivors and experts offer advice and perspective at an LAist event.
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A check from State Farm to a Los Angeles fire survivor has taken more than a week to clear so far. A bank is concerned about insufficient funds.
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Laguna Beach police said they used video to identify a 13-year-old they arrested on suspicion of "felony reckless burning of forest land."
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There’s been significant progress in the recovery effort, but there’s a long road ahead.
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Thirty percent of overdue properties didn't receive the necessary permit to even begin removal.
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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.
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