In this section of western Altadena, residents weren't ordered to evacuate until after 5 a.m., according to records reviewed by The Times. That was well after smoke and flames were threatening the area.

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

Families of color, making up over half of Altadena, have bought homes and kept them for generations. The Black homeownership rate exceeds 80%, almost double the national rate.

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.

The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic Black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley.

We continue our coverage of the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which have killed at least 24 people as of Monday. Some 150,000 more have been forced to evacuate their homes and over 40,

You can find links in the article below with more information on how to help those affected by the California wildfires.

From California residents who attend school in Connecticut, to a longtime New Haven resident who moved there, many have felt loss from the Los Angeles fires.

The Times reported that several neighborhoods in eastern Altadena received ... no hot spots remain.… A new brushfire is burning in Ventura County, near the California State University Channel ...

Border 2: 6,600 acres near Mexico border ... and Austyn Gaffney from New York. Rain and cooler temperatures will bring relief to Southern California this weekend, after a prolonged stretch ...

Border 2: 6,600 acres near Mexico border, 10% contained ... Santa Ana winds have eased in Southern California on Tuesday morning, and the “particularly dangerous situation” warnings for ...

President Trump surveyed destruction in Pacific Palisades by air and on foot during his visit to Los Angeles County on Friday afternoon, but he did not visit the ravaged community of Altadena.