The coverage may bode well for the recovery of the diverse neighborhood, which was home to many long-tenured Black families that have owned property in Altadena since the Civil Rights era. That stability may not last, however, as California’s insurance ...

Altadena, California, was among Los Angeles County's first Black middle-class enclaves. Some fear recent wildfires may have erased that legacy.

Cindy Carcamo is a staff writer in Food for the Los Angeles Times. She most recently covered immigration issues as a Metro reporter and, before that, served as Arizona bureau chief and national correspondent in the Southwest. A Los Angeles native, she has reported in Argentina, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, and is a former staff writer at the Orange County Register. Albert Brave Tiger Lee is a Southern California native, son of Korean immigrants, a father and a staff videographer at the Los Angeles Times. His work spans various mediums of visual storytelling and has been recognized for various disciplines including a national Emmy Award for News and Documentary, an RFK Journalism Award, Pictures of the Year International honors, the National Press Photographers Assn.’s Best of Photojournalism Award and Columbia University’s Dart Award.

As the Eaton fire swept through Altadena, California, Mai-Lin Graves came to a brutal realization: The victims were people she grew up with. “That’s my old elementary school teacher ...

Brian McShea and Stephanie Raynor rummaged through the debris of where their Altadena, California, home once stood to see what they could salvage from the destructive Eaton Fire. While Raynor ...

The wildfires raging in Los Angeles have scorched an area larger than the size of Paris and two are already the most destructive in Southern California ... s remains in his Altadena home.

Brian McShea and Stephanie Raynor rummaged through the debris of where their Altadena home once stood ... Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to you every morning.