The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley.
When the Eaton Fire blazed through Altadena earlier this month it took more than homes and memories — it devastated a city that has long been a haven for Black families.
Thousands of Pasadena students returned to their classrooms on Thursday for the first time since the Eaton Fire started.
Ken Bensinger, a politics reporter based in Los Angeles, explores the pain of families digging through the rubble.
Moments after the morning bell rang Thursday, the kindergartners at Pasadena’s Willard Elementary School — back in class for the first time since the Eaton fire roared through the area — were fully ...