The Altadena Historical Society, responding to the loss of photos and heirlooms, launches an oral history project for fire ...

The Grassroots Race to Save Altadena’s Historic Batchelder Tiles—Before the Bulldozers Move In. Marah Eakin. Fri, March 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM UTC. 3 min read. ... Photo by Meg Pinsonneault.

“They were born of fire,” says Eric Garland, co-founder of Save the Tiles and long-time Altadena resident. The tiles were popular during Altadena’s architectural boom of the 1910s and ‘20s ...

Photo by David Butow/Redux for CNN. ... Veronica Jones, president of the Altadena Historical Society, has lived in the area for the last 60 years. She said she and her husband, ...

One Week After the Fires, It’s All Ashes in Altadena | Photos. Pro Available to WrapPRO members “This last week all I’ve wanted to do is knock on my neighbor’s doors and see if they’re OK.

LA’s Getty Foundation is funding the documentation of the historic neighborhood as developers rush to buy up burned lots.

L.A. County has a new historical landmark: The grave of Owen Brown, abolitionist and son of John Brown, who led a raid at Harpers Ferry, Va. to end slavery.

Altadena, California's historic Black community, devastated by wildfires, with 7,000 structures destroyed and 11 deaths reported. ... 2025 in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) ...

The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic Black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley. Against all odds, Black residents built something remarkable in Altadena. Then the ...

They lost everything: antique Korean furniture, historic family documents from Massachusetts and old family photographs. ... with proceeds going to the Altadena Historical Society.