Nearly nine months after the Eaton and Palisades fires, survivors continue to face immense challenges. The Department of Angels’ survey of 2,000 survivors shows that recovery is not quick or easy: families are still battling stalled or denied insurance claims, neighborhoods are coping with toxic soil, and many are struggling with the mental health impacts of repeated displacement. Rebuilding is expensive and emotionally taxing.
For families who lost everything in L.A. wildfires, direct cash assistance provides an immediate lifeline and the freedom to use the money in a way that best meets their needs.
Last Monday, something heartbreaking happened in Los Angeles. Again. A 15-year-old U.S. citizen high school student with disabilities was handcuffed by federal agents outside Arleta High School — the latest in a troubling pattern of immigration raids that began in June.
For 52 years, hundreds of gardeners faithfully worked the earth at the Altadena Community Garden to grow tomatoes, lettuce and basil. Now they tend its soil to regrow their community.
August 2, 2025 Late Friday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a temporary restraining order that bars Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from carrying out roving immigration raids across Southern California that target undocumented immigrants solely based on their appearance.
With help from the California Community Foundation, the Council is working to restore the Palisades
A story about the decline in homelessness in Los Angeles mentioned that Miguel Santana has been appointed to the newly-created housing board and deserves credit for the lower numbers.
With support from a grant from the California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Recovery Fund, JFLA has stepped up in a major way
As we mark six months since the devastating wildfires swept through Altadena, Pacific Palisades, and Malibu, we reflect on the extraordinary challenges our communities have faced—and the powerful, ongoing work to rebuild and heal.
For Jim Kirtley, the executive director of the Palisades-Malibu YMCA, the most painful part of having the building burn to the ground in the January wildfires was the loss of daily interactions with its more than 600 members, its 25 staffers and even the passersby he regularly would engage on the street.
The California Community Foundation has established a new fund to support Los Angeles County nonprofit groups that are providing aid amid what it calls a “humanitarian crisis” caused by immigration raids in local communities.