Healing began for Altadena resident Akiko Nishio not only with rebuilding her home, but with putting her hands in clay at the Armory Center for the Arts.
A few weeks after the Eaton Fire incinerated swaths of Altadena and Pasadena last year, Jane Lawton Potelle returned to Altadena to survey her home, which had escaped destruction. Within minutes, she knew something was wrong.
Wildfire survivors found healing and comfort with pigs, bunnies, goats, alpacas and other animals rescued by Big Heart Ranch in Malibu.
In solemn remembrances marking the first anniversary of the catastrophic wildfires that tore through their communities, hundreds gathered in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades Wednesday to mourn lost loved ones, honor cherished memories and call for urgent reforms.
In a swift and extraordinary response to the horrific Palisades and Eaton fires last year, donors in Los Angeles and around the world committed nearly $1 billion to help survivors with immediate relief and longer-term rebuilding – an effort believed to be the largest ever mobilized for any U.S. natural disaster, according to a new report by the Milken Institute.
One year after wildfires devastated communities across Los Angeles County, a new Department of Angels’ survey of Eaton and Palisades fire survivors reveals the myriad challenges they face in recovering. The survey found that more than 70% of survivors are still not home, nearly half have depleted their savings and over 40 percent have taken on debt just to survive.