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After losing their Los Angeles home in the wildfire, a California family bought a $1 historic house and moved it onto their burned property

A California family has found a unique way to rebuild after losing its Altadena home in the devastating Eaton fire. Instead of constructing a new house, it bought a nearly 100-years-old historic home for just $1 and moved it to the burned property. The house, nicknamed ‘Pinky,’ was facing demolition…

The Times of India

Deadly Eaton Fire in Los Angeles was caused by Southern California Edison equipment, fire officials say

It took firefighters nearly a month to extinguish the blaze, which killed 19 people and torched 9,000 homes and businesses

The Independent UK

Firm finds LA county officials did not discriminate in response to Eaton fire

Altadena group pans report as ‘pages of deflection’ and cites reliance on ‘department insiders’ rather than residents

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After the Los Angeles wildfires, clergy crossed denominational lines and forged new bonds

Faith leaders in Southern California are uniting after devastating twin wildfires that hit the region in January 2025 causing unprecedented losses

The Independent UK

Fire Recovery Could Wipe Out Altadena’s Affordable Rentals

Without funding and policy interventions, rebuilt homes will rent at market rates, pricing out long-term residents.

Capital & Main

Eaton fire survivors came home to nothing, but their HOA still handed them a $23,000 bill and a one-month deadline to pay it

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California to launch civil rights inquiry over delayed response to wildfire in Altadena

Investigation will assess whether LA county fire department discriminated while responding to 2025 fires

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Their homes burned in the LA wildfires. A year later, thousands still can’t return

Seven in 10 residents who were forced to leave have not returned, with many living in temporary housing in other cities or even countries

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‘Delays, lowballs, outright denials’: how the LA wildfires have exposed the US’s broken insurance industry

Insurance practices in an age of climate volatility raise troubling questions about home ownership and housing affordability – the bedrock of the American middle class

The Guardian - US

‘People saw dollar signs’: a year after devastating wildfires, an LA community is fighting displacement

As survivors face pressure to sell their land in Altadena, a historic Black community, experts say we’re witnessing ‘climate gentrification’

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“These instruments are building more than houses, they are restoring hope”: Fender joins campaign to support LA wildfires relief, turning wood reclaimed from the disaster into unique Custom Shop guitars for auction

The Altadena Telecaster is a Custom Shop dream machine made from reclaimed wood from a Deodar cedar tree that was damaged in the Eaton fire

Guitar World

Homes That Survived the 2025 L.A. Fires Are Still Contaminated

Testing of homes in communities surrounding the Eaton and Palisades fires has found dangerous levels of lead and asbestos — even after remediation.

Capital & Main

Bears under California homes go from one-off to trend

It’s unclear whether bear removed from Altadena house is same one seen under other homes

The Guardian - US

She spent 366 days searching for her cats after losing them in the LA fires: ‘I promised my babies’

After her Altadena home burned down, Darlene Hamilton wondered whether her cats Merlyn and Kiki had escaped. A year later, she hasn’t given up hope

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Three LA wildfire victims on surviving the horror – and what happened next

After their lives were upended last year, they’re finally regaining their footing – but memories of the fires still haunt them

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The LA wildfire victims still living in toxic homes: ‘We have nowhere else to go’

A year after the Eaton fire, residents returning to Altadena confront lingering contamination and little official clarity

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The Los Angeles wildfires were ‘the perfect storm’. Is the city ready for the next one?

After the devastating fires, neighborhoods pledged to build back stronger and better than before. A year later, they’re still untangling issues

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A year after LA-area wildfires destroyed thousands of homes, fewer than a dozen have been rebuilt

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The Independent UK

What life looks like a year after the deadly Los Angeles wildfires in photos

In an empty lot in Altadena, California, the ground is covered by a soft blanket of small white wildflowers. But before the blooms, there was toxic ash and melted metal, as well as the remnants of family heirlooms and a home that once stood. One year after the devastating wildfires…

The Independent UK

LA residents are battling a ‘toxic soup’ of hazards a year after deadly fires

Many with homes still standing are now living with the hazards left by the fires

The Independent UK

Amid wildfire grief, an LA-area resident sowed sunflowers and hope where her home once stood

Missi Dowd-Figueroa has brought life back to her fire-ravaged plot in Altadena by planting sunflowers

The Guardian - US

‘It feels endless’: despite misplaced fanfare about a model home, LA struggles to rebuild

As LA’s mayor touted a developer’s model home, residents of Altadena and Pacific Palisades wrangle for insurance payouts

The Guardian - US

‘We call him ... unbearable’: California homeowner laments uninvited beast

The 550lb bear living under Ken Johnson’s home for two weeks is unmoved by ‘lure’, with caramel and cherry smells

The Guardian - US

LA wildfire survivors rebuild holiday traditions after year of devastation

After losing homes, heirlooms and decades of memories, Angelenos are piecing together new rituals this season

The Independent UK

California man stunned as surveillance cameras confirm 500 pound black bear moved into his home’s crawlspace

Ken Johnson set up surveillance cameras to find the cause of disturbances and damage around his Altadena property

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