about 75% of African Americans living there own their homes — close to double the national rate. So when the Eaton Fire ignited last week and tore through Altadena and parts of neighboring ...

AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST FOR BUYING HOMES IN THAT AREA, ESPECIALLY IN LOS ANGELES. BUT IN ALTADENA IN PARTICULAR, IS WHERE THEY STARTED BUYING HOUSES. NOW, MORE THAN 50% OF ...

Altadena community devastated by Eaton Fire, losing homes and facing displacement. The impact on the historically Black ...

Philpart recalled that in the 1980s Altadena was 45 percent African American. Just before the wildfires, the share of Black residents was about 20 percent. “There’s very little economic ...

By the time the wind-driven wildfire was finally contained more than three weeks later, it had wiped out or heavily damaged nearly half of all African-American households in Altadena, a ...

By Stacy M. Brown BlackPressUSA.com Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia ...

As Altadena recovers from the devastating Eaton ... so they are one of the early African American families that were able to buy when they couldn’t buy in other areas, part of what we love ...

Community organizations and Native American tribes are coming together to rebuild a more just Altadena for future generations ...

its first African-American captain. Number four out of 13 siblings, he grew up in Pasadena and later lived in Altadena. He struggled to join the fire department, taking the entrance exam three ...

I live somewhere else now, but Altadena will always be home. Charles White Park, named in honor of the African American artist and Altadena resident, is a stone’s throw from La Fiesta Avenue.

She’s lived in her family’s Altadena home all her life, and it’s not unusual to see fires burning in the San Gabriel Mountains. “We’ve had several wildfires, but they’ve never come down,” said McCall.