After the Eaton Fire, taking comfort in the safety of wide windowsills
Tonight, as I sit in my daughter’s apartment, where I am bunking until my house is safe to move back into after the Eaton ...
Los Angeles Times2d
Altadena’s Black population was shrinking even before the fires. What happens next?
The monthlong celebration will hold even more meaning this year for residents in Altadena’s historically Black neighborhoods. On Jan. 7, the Eaton fire devastated the unincorporated town north ...
The New York Times21d
Shattered in the Fire: A Historic Black Haven
For Black residents, Altadena represented something more than suburban living. It was a foothold in generational prosperity. Black residents were disproportionately affected by the fire that ...
LAist3d
Black families were disproportionately affected by the Eaton Fire, UCLA report finds
Of the households owned or rented by Black families in the Eaton Fire zone, nearly half were destroyed ... Altadena was almost entirely white. Those discriminatory practices, plus more affordable ...
Pasadena Star-News23d
Black communities in Pasadena, Altadena devastated by Eaton fire
Pasadena and Altadena, two communities hit hard by the Eaton fire ... In California, Black homeownership is at 36.6%, nearly 28 points below rates for White homeownership, CalMatters reported.
NBC Los Angeles23d
Altadena residents worry historic Black and minority neighborhoods will be lost after fire
About 58% of residents are non-white, with one-fourth of them Hispanic and nearly a fifth Black, according to Census ... and federal officials to help all fire-affected communities fairly because ...
The Columbian24d
Federal judge dismisses racial discrimination suit filed by Black former fire recruit against Clark County Fire District 6
A federal judge has dismissed a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a Black former ... the case showed the white recruit acted alone, and there was no evidence the fire district knew he was ...
Los Angeles Times18d
The destruction of Altadena reverberates across Black Los Angeles
“I thought about it and I was like, ‘That fire ... more white residents left the area, and west Altadena in particular. As Los Angeles communities were forced to integrate, Black residents ...
The Washington Post19d
A storied Black community fears wildfires will claim its history
The Eaton Fire, which is still raging ... next door in middle-class Altadena, Zack said. The Black population in Altadena surged, and White residents began to leave. In 1980, about half the ...
LAist3d
UCLA report
Of the households owned or rented by Black families in the Eaton Fire zone, nearly half were destroyed ... Altadena was almost entirely white. Those discriminatory practices, plus more affordable ...
Black Box Recovered in Good Condition From Black Hawk Helicopter That Collided With Plane in DC
The Black Hawk helicopter's black box has been recovered and is in "good condition," the NTSB said today. Newsweek's live ...
WTVD28d
Fire severely damages House of Art in downtown Raleigh: 'Our hearts are shattered'
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- As the House of Art sat destroyed by fire on the corner of Person ... I created that. If you're White, Black, Asian, gay or straight, it doesn't matter.