They were “some of the first hardworking Black families who were able to buy property in California ... the new arrivals. The civil rights movement coincided with a building boom in Altadena.

Families of color, making up over half of Altadena, have bought homes and kept them for generations. The Black homeownership ...

When fires swept through Altadena, in Los Angeles County, generational wealth and a place of opportunity for people of color, ...

There was no official alert about the wildfire barreling toward the mountainous community of Altadena, California ... Paradise has averaged about 500 new properties a year since the blaze.