The Latest Breaking News from Altadena

Murphy Family Home Survival: Brothers fight Eaton Fire; Altadena street is left in ruins

On January 8, 2025, amid the devastating Eaton Fire that consumed over 14,000 acres and obliterated numerous homes, Justin Murphy and his brother stood firm to defend their family residence. Fortunately, while their home endured the flames, many in their vicinity faced destruction. Jane Murphy later remarked that her sons…

The Times of India · Sep 30

‘He’s unbearable’: bear that went viral for living under LA home is back

‘Yellow 2120’ has been driven out of other Altadena neighborhood crawlspaces, but he just keeps coming back

The Guardian - US · Sep 29

After losing their Los Angeles home in the wildfire, a California family bought a $1 historic house and moved it onto their burned property

A California family has found a unique way to rebuild after losing its Altadena home in the devastating Eaton fire. Instead of constructing a new house, it bought a nearly 100-years-old historic home for just $1 and moved it to the burned property. The house, nicknamed ‘Pinky,’ was facing demolition…

The Times of India · Aug 31

Eaton fire survivors came home to nothing, but their HOA still handed them a $23,000 bill and a one-month deadline to pay it

Sorry for your loss, but pay up!

We Got This Covered · Mar 26

California to launch civil rights inquiry over delayed response to wildfire in Altadena

Investigation will assess whether LA county fire department discriminated while responding to 2025 fires

The Guardian - US · Feb 12

Their homes burned in the LA wildfires. A year later, thousands still can’t return

Seven in 10 residents who were forced to leave have not returned, with many living in temporary housing in other cities or even countries

The Guardian - US · Feb 1

‘Delays, lowballs, outright denials’: how the LA wildfires have exposed the US’s broken insurance industry

Insurance practices in an age of climate volatility raise troubling questions about home ownership and housing affordability – the bedrock of the American middle class

The Guardian - US · Jan 27

‘People saw dollar signs’: a year after devastating wildfires, an LA community is fighting displacement

As survivors face pressure to sell their land in Altadena, a historic Black community, experts say we’re witnessing ‘climate gentrification’

The Guardian - US · Jan 18

“These instruments are building more than houses, they are restoring hope”: Fender joins campaign to support LA wildfires relief, turning wood reclaimed from the disaster into unique Custom Shop guitars for auction

The Altadena Telecaster is a Custom Shop dream machine made from reclaimed wood from a Deodar cedar tree that was damaged in the Eaton fire

Guitar World · Jan 17

Homes That Survived the 2025 L.A. Fires Are Still Contaminated

Testing of homes in communities surrounding the Eaton and Palisades fires has found dangerous levels of lead and asbestos — even after remediation.

Capital & Main · Jan 16