It Wasn’t Just a Diner. It Was a Hub for Altadena.
The demands of a restaurant were never-ending, and Rena would arrive at dawn to start rolling out the biscuits. The original ...
‘Fabulous’ Little Rock native, 95, dies in LA fire last week
A Little Rock-born grandmother who appeared in the movie "The Blues Brothers" died last week at her home in Altadena, Calif., ...
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A legacy destroyed: Altadena's Black residents fear neighborhood's soul may never return
As embers wafted overhead against a reddening sky, Adonis and Denise Jones grabbed a few belongings and left their house last week in Altadena, California ... was a little further out, but ...
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Will L.A.’s Fires Permanently Disperse the Black Families of Altadena?
The first member of the Benn family to settle in Altadena, California, was Charles Benn ... because this is a wonderful little neighborhood. But, I mean, we didn’t have a lock on that—yeah ...
Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived
Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science ...
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Arkansas native with ties to old Hollywood among California fire victims
CALIFORNIA, USA — At age 95 ... she was just fabulous, period." Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1929, that big personality was destined for one place: Hollywood. She settled in Los Angeles ...
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'What America should look like:' loss in the Altadena fires, and a hard road to recovery
There was no official alert about the wildfire barreling toward the mountainous community of Altadena, California ... “It’s a little more rural than Pasadena because you can see black bears ...