Against all odds, Black residents built something remarkable in ...
Jan 24, 2025 · Altadena, population nearly 42,000, is the town where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once visited lawyer Clarence B. Jones to persuade him to join his legal team. Where sci-fi …
Altadena, California - Wikipedia
Altadena (/ ˌ ɑː l t ə ˈ d iː n ə / pronunciation ⓘ AL-tə-DEE-nə) is an unincorporated area [3] [4], and census-designated place in the San Gabriel Valley and the Verdugos [5] regions of Los …
Altadena residents waited for a fire evacuation order that came …
5 days ago · Where Cabrera lived in west Altadena, residents weren’t ordered to evacuate until almost 6 a.m. on Jan. 8 — about 10 hours after their neighbors east of North Lake Avenue …
As Los Angeles burned, Latino immigrants rushed in to put out fires
Jan 10, 2025 · As the wildfires consumed entire neighborhoods earlier this week, L.A.'s firefighting resources were strained to the limits. In Altadena, homes and structures burned without …
California fires: Altadena's Black residents fight to reclaim legacy
Jan 18, 2025 · Altadena, California, was among Los Angeles County's first Black middle-class enclaves. Some fear recent wildfires may have erased that legacy. Altadena, California, was …
L.A. Fire Devastates Historic Black Community in Altadena - The …
Jan 14, 2025 · Altadena is now considered affluent, with an average household income of $190,000. The median sale price of a house in Altadena is now nearly $1.3 million, a figure …
Black community in Altadena is reeling from what they’ve lost
Jan 19, 2025 · For many African Americans who built their lives and businesses in historically Black communities like Altadena, the combined loss of generational wealth and personal …
Altadena, California - Blackpast
Jan 16, 2025 · Altadena, California, has one of California’s oldest and most affluent middle-class Black neighborhoods. That neighborhood was affected by the 2025 Eaton Canyon fire, which …
Will L.A.’s Fires Permanently Disperse the Black Families of Altadena ...
Jan 17, 2025 · At the time, much of Altadena, a suburb north of Pasadena in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, was neither wealthy nor in high demand, and its bungalows and ranch …
L.A. County wildfires leave diverse and historic Altadena in ashes …
Altadena, an unincorporated town in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, was a soulful middle-class suburb drawing diverse groups and creatives unlike anywhere else in Los Angeles...
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