Altadena, Eaton fire and UCLA

Altadena's Black residents disproportionally hit by Eaton fire, UCLA study says
Black residents of Altadena were more likely to have their homes damaged or destroyed by the Eaton fire and will have a harder financial road to recovery from the disaster, according to research released Tuesday by UCLA.
Altadena’s Black community bears brunt of Eaton fire, UCLA study finds
A new UCLA study found that the Eaton fire disproportionally impacted Altadena’s Black community and that systemic inequality and redlining contributed to fire vulnerability. The study, released on Tuesday,
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.”
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,
Black households disproportionately impacted by Eaton Fire: study
Black residents of Altadena were disproportionately impacted by the Eaton Fire’s devastation, according to a UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies study released Tuesday.

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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 ...
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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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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 ...
As fire evacuations lift in Altadena, rebuilding process begins for some
With evacuation orders slowly lifting as the containment of the deadly Eaton and Palisades fires grows, officials are helping ...
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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 ...
Altadena braces for mudslides threat
With rain expected through Monday, the National Weather Service issued a flood watch from Sunday afternoon to Monday ...
Altadena, CA, Couple Gets Engaged in Rubble of Home Destroyed by Eaton Fire
A Southern California man who lost his home in the wildfires proposed to his girlfriend in the wreckage of their residence ...
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.