Altadena, UCLA and Eaton Fire

Altadena’s Black community is bearing brunt of Eaton fire, UCLA study finds
A UCLA study found that the Eaton fire disproportionally impacted Black households in Altadena. Here’s what they found.
Eaton Fire disproportionately affected Black Altadena residents, UCLA study finds
A study published Tuesday by UCLA researchers indicates the Eaton Fire disproportionately affected Black residents in Altadena. The research comes from a new data brief from the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies,
Altadena’s Black Catholic community ‘not walking away’ after Eaton Fire
Before the wildfire, Altadena had a Black population of 18% and a Black home ownership rate of more than 80%, about double the national average. The suburb grew in diversity following the Fair Housing Act of 1968, which banned racial discrimination in mortgage lending known as “redlining.”
Eaton Fire: Some Altadena residents say they feel ignored by the county
Victims of the Eaton Fire in Altadena say they're being overshadowed by residents in wealthier communities, like ones impacted by the Palisades Fire.
UCLA report details Black residents disproportionately impacted by Eaton Fire in Altadena
Black residents of Altadena were disproportionately impacted by the Eaton Fire’s devastation, both in the concentration of households within the burn area and the percentage of homes that were destroyed or sustained major damage,

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Bodycam footage shows moments deputies save 100-year-old woman from inside Altadena elderly living center
Newly released body camera footage shows the moments that two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies rescue a ...
Supervisors aim to suspend state laws in Altadena that could speed higher-density housing after fire
Board also OK’d fire recovery funds and green-lit an investigation into fire alerts in the Eaton fire on the night of Jan. 7.
Once homeless, his house burned in Altadena fire. ‘This isn’t the first time I’ve had nothing’
A former foster youth was homeless at 18 and struggled to find housing. Two years ago he moved in with family in Altadena.
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A beloved Altadena school, destroyed in the Eaton Fire, looks to the future
School officials are scrambling to find an alternate site for its campus while trying to support families, nearly half of ...
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“To the people of Altadena — let’s rebuild and make our community better and bigger.”
There have been countless heartbreaking stories of loss and despair in the weeks since wildfires have ripped through Southern ...
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Online map allows Altadena residents impacted by fire to see photos of properties in burn zone
Community members to put their tech skills and cameras to work, creating an online map of about 15,000 homes in the Eaton ...
They waited and waited for an evacuation order. The fire came first, and people died in Altadena
In this section of western Altadena, residents weren't ordered to evacuate until after 5 a.m., according to records reviewed ...
Compton campaign offers a hand – and hotel rooms – to Altadena fire victims
The plan is to house people temporarily and give them a chance to regroup while also accessing resources to get them back on ...