Families of color, making up over half of Altadena, have bought homes and kept them for generations. The Black homeownership rate exceeds 80%, almost double the national rate.

When fires swept through Altadena, in Los Angeles County, generational wealth and a place of opportunity for people of color, went up in smoke.

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.

We continue our coverage of the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which have killed at least 24 people as of Monday. Some 150,000 more have been forced to evacuate their homes and over 40,

The fire was first reported Tuesday, Jan. 7, near Altadena and Midwick drives. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said firefighters from Mexico were en route Friday to help fight at least one of the fires devastating the Los Angeles area. He said those coming ...

They are themes that run through the veins of Altadena’s history ... which included suspending California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review. Newsom also announced that five major financial ...

Danielle Neal is a fourth-generation resident of Altadena who saw the house she ... A January study from the University of Southern California found that the region’s housing problems were ...

A group of California firefighters stopped an alleged ... Los Angeles County Fire Department were working in a burned-down Altadena neighborhood on Thursday when they came across two suspicious ...

Winiecki’s brother, Mark, who lives in New Mexico, said the medical examiner’s office notified their family Sunday night that she had died in the inferno that engulfed Altadena. “It’s sad.

ALTADENA, Calif. (KABC ... full of family photos of the family's grandparents and parents from Cuba and Mexico. "It was joy because it brought all of a sudden ... all the loss was kind of ...

With parts of Los Angeles County still smoldering from wildfires, the expected rain this weekend would seem like a welcome relief. But how the rain falls could make the difference between a disaster respite or a disaster repeat.

From California residents who attend school in Connecticut, to a longtime New Haven resident who moved there, many have felt loss from the Los Angeles fires.