8+ hour, 23+ min ago   (346+ words) Altadena Land Initiatives will host a launch mixer for its Gap Rebuild Program, a zero-interest financing program for homeowners rebuilding after the Eaton Fire, at 4 p.m. Tuesday at The Collaboratory, 540 W. Woodbury Road, according to a media advisory from the nonprofit. Co-founders…...

4+ hour, 10+ min ago   (325+ words) Cell phone images of the first moments after the Eaton Fire ignited on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, on the mountainside opposite Midwick Drive’s terminus at N. Altadena Drive in Altadena. [Jennifer Errico]The Los Angeles County Fire Department concluded in reports released…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (902+ words) Many Californians have seen rising costs, less availability and are running into other issues with insurance — including delays and denials of their claims — in the past several years. As climate change increases the risk of wildfires and other disasters, it’s…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (180+ words) Assemblymember John Harabedian, a Pasadena Democrat whose district includes fire-scarred Altadena, is highlighting state laws and pending legislation he authored to protect wildfire survivors, after Gov. Gavin Newsom on July 14 warned mortgage lenders not to deny or delay survivors’ access…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (267+ words) A bill that would give Pasadena and Altadena wildfire survivors more time before insurers can drop their coverage passed the California Senate Insurance Committee, the office of Assemblymember John Harabedian announced in a press release. AB 2038, authored by Harabedian (D-Pasadena)…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (327+ words) Two Democrats may be duking it out on the November ballot for one of the toughest jobs in the state: insurance commissioner. Jane Kim, the former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and state Sen. Ben Allen, who’s…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (166+ words) Homeowners in wildfire-prone parts of California insured through the state’s FAIR Plan could soon face steep increases in insurance premiums. The FAIR Plan — formally known as the California Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan — serves as the insurer of last…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (452+ words) Assembly Bill 1642, a measure that would create statewide testing standards for homes, schools and workplaces after wildfires, cleared the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday and will advance to the Assembly Floor, according to a press release from the bill’s author,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (493+ words) An Altadena grassroots group formed after last year’s Eaton Fire has signed on as the official sponsor of state legislation that would set California’s first statewide standards for testing and cleaning fire-contaminated homes, Assemblymember John Harabedian announced Tuesday. Harabedian (D-Pasadena),…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (604+ words) Joy Chen, co-founder of the Eaton Fire Survivors Network, addresses fire survivors at Monday’s event. July 7, 2025. [Eddie Rivera / Pasadena Now]Three California Senate bills cosponsored by an Altadena-founded fire survivor network face a Senate Appropriations Committee vote within the next…...