
Richard Kipling loved his sweet 1926 Spanish-style house in the Altadena area of Los Angeles. “We entertained in that home. We had our children come to visit us in that home. It was home, capital H-O-M-E,” he said.
Kipling and his wife, Alison Sowden, were out of town Jan. 8 when they heard about the Eaton fire and texted their neighbor that morning. By noon, their house had burned to the ground.