Community organizations and Native American tribes are coming together to rebuild a more just Altadena for future generations of residents.

Federal officials have declared they will not order soil sampling after completing debris removal on Los Angeles properties that succumbed to the region’s devastating fires earlier this year, rebuffing concerns raised by state officials about potential contamination.

March 10 is the deadline for homeowners, renters and businesses affected by the Southern California wildfires earlier this year to apply for federal funds earmarked for disaster relief. Who can benefit: Funds from FEMA can be used toward home repairs and costs incurred during the emergency for childcare and transport.

Roosevelt Banks’s home in Altadena, Calif., was destroyed by the California wildfires. Nearly two months later, he’s still awaiting answers from his insurer and living week to week in hotels.

A federal judge is weighing whether to compel the Trump administration to unfreeze millions of dollars in previously allocated FEMA funds.

She’s lived in her family’s Altadena home all her life, and it’s not unusual to see fires burning in the San Gabriel Mountains. “We’ve had several wildfires, but they’ve never come down,” said McCall.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is seeking funding to help Los Angeles recover from the wind-driven fires that swept across the Pacific Palisades and Altadena last month.

(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) A mural sits in front of a burned property on Woodbury Avenue a month after the Eaton Fire, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked ...