In the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, a 35-foot-tall structure made of bright lights and giant metal crossbeams withstood the deadly Eaton Fire’s flames. Its story reached back nearly a ...

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Four months after an inferno ripped through Altadena, a time capsule of rubble and the shells of gutted shops and restaurants still line the business district of North Lake Avenue. Near the top of the ...

On Lake Avenue, in the heart of Altadena, two things stood out as I roamed the neighborhood the other day. There were still a few lots of uncleared rubble on the commercial strip, like frozen images ...

Both the pharmacy and Pasadena Humane have dealt with the impacts of January’s Eaton fires, with the community icon of Webster’s reopening a month after the fire began ...

Standing near the site of a destroyed home, a group of fire-impacted Altadenans and local organizations called on state Attorney General Rob Bonta Tuesday to investigate Los Angeles County's response ...

Walt "The Jet" Butler, a longtime Altadena resident, waters his lawn against a backdrop of where his house once stood along Santa Anita Avenue. "I'm still having trouble about the whole thing," Butler ...