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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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A retired teacher whose California home was destroyed by a catastrophic wildfire faces losing her disaster case manager amid a funding standoff between the state and FEMA. -
Survivors, insurance industry slam purported last-minute bills to shift wildfire costs away from utilities. -
The deadline to apply is this fall and LAist wants to hear how the program has or has not benefited survivors. -
LAist asked what rebuilding your life means after a disaster. Fire survivors shared. -
A prop werewolf put up for Halloween by Altadena residents became a symbol of pride after the Eaton Fire. It's also divided the community.
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The judge said the state’s fire insurance of last resort violates the state insurance code.
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An order against hiking rents more than 10% after January’s wildfires was set to expire on July 1. The L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted to extend it until July 31.
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Last year, more than 137,000 SoCal Edison customers had their power shut off to help mitigate fire risk from utility lines.
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The museum spent months on recovery work deep cleaning the campus and is ready to welcome back visitors.
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Residents are seeing trucks with Army Corps markings far from any sites where fire debris is allowed to go. Here’s what we figured out.
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Two nonprofits unite to offer fire-resistant designs and help people in Altadena bypass certain permitting and building hurdles.
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California Insurance Department formally investigating State Farm over ‘significant’ number of complaints about its handling of claims from L.A. fire survivors.
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The sold-out Conservation Clinic will be held at The Getty Center this Saturday, but another is planned for this fall.
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Most construction is slated to finish in 2028. But questions remain about how many kids will return.
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After the wildfires destroyed homes and disrupted routines, many parents saw behavioral shifts in their kids. Some families found support in a camp designed to help kids affected by natural disaster.
