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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,
Eaton Fire disproportionately affected Black Altadena residents, UCLA study finds
A study published Tuesday by UCLA researchers indicates the Eaton Fire disproportionately affected Black residents in Altadena. The research comes from a new data brief from the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies,
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.
Compton campaign offers a hand – and hotel rooms – to Altadena fire victims
The plan is to house people temporarily and give them a chance to regroup while also accessing resources to get them back on ...
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 ...
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.
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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 ...
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 ...
Additional Disaster Recovery Center opens in Altadena for fire victims
Fire-affected residents can receive assistance from a number of county, state, and federal departments and agencies at any ...
Once homeless, his house burned in Altadena fire. ‘This isn’t the first time I’ve had nothing’
A former foster youth was homeless at 18 and struggled to find housing. Two years ago he moved in with family in Altadena.