One Year After California Wildfires, Progress Is Slow in Rebuilding

At the little market that buoyed Altadena’s heart, community looks back at fire’s impact

Jose and Sandra Valenzuela, owners of Altadena’s Grocery Outlet, looked out over the standing-room-only crowd at their market on Wednesday. In the months following the deadly Eaton fire, the little store became and remains a de factor town square. Initially, it was a hub for disaster relief and on Wednesday,  the first anniversary of the deadly fire, it renewed its role as a place where many can gather and simply be together in the face of the s…

Communities struggle with rebuilding a year after LA fires

It has been one year since a series of wildfires set parts of Los Angeles ablaze, killing 31 people. In two of the hardest hit areas, Altadena and the Pacific Palisades, residents are still grappling with how to rebuild their homes and communities. Stephanie Sy reports.

One year after the LA fires: hope, blame, and debt - The Boston Globe

LOS ANGELES -- In Pacific Palisades, schools in the burn scar have started to reopen. Debris by the ton has been trucked away. Where walls of flame reduced coastal mansions to ashes, morning carries the scent of lumber and the clatter of construction crews, hammering.

After devastating fires, L.A. made one part of rebuilding easy. There’s much more to do

By Ben Christopher In the days immediately after last January’s Los Angeles firestorm, state lawmakers and civic leaders promised to turbocharge the rebuilding effort. For California, where the permitting and construction of homes is infamously slow and costly, the scale of destruction stood as a singular challenge. A year later, the charred homes, the melted appliances and the toxic ash have mostly been removed, the dirt beneath scraped and the…

One Year Later: Florida, Wisconsin Senators Slam ‘Zero Accountability’ As California Wildfire Probe Heats Up

It has been exactly one year since the Palisades Fire tore through communities in California, claiming 12 lives and leaving a trail of destruction that residents are still working to repair. Marking the grim anniversary on Wednesday, U.S. Senators Rick Scott and Ron Johnson issued a blistering critique of state and local recovery efforts, announcing […] One Year Later: Florida, Wisconsin Senators Slam ‘Zero Accountability’ As California Wildfire…

Fire Survivors Mourn, Remember Efforts to Recover On First Anniversary of Fire Breakouts

One year ago Wednesday, the lives of thousands of Southern California residents were thrown into turmoil amid punishing, hurricane-force Santa Ana winds that drove a pair of massive wildfires through heavily populated neighborhoods, killing more than two dozen people and permanently changing the local landscape. A year after the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires, many survivors are still picking up the pieces from the destruction, while othe…