2025年1月16日 · Unlike other communities that saw an influx of African Americans accompanied by significant white flight, Altadena adapted to the changing demographics while maintaining its unique character. As late as 1970, the town was 68% percent white. By 1980, the percentage of Blacks in the population peaked at 43%.

2025年1月19日 · For many African Americans who built their lives and businesses in historically Black communities like Altadena, the combined loss of generational wealth and personal heirlooms is indescribable.

2025年1月14日 · The historically Black city has been reduced to ashes, displacing families who've lost everything. The Altadena cemetery, where science fiction novelist Octavia Butler is buried, caught fire. Butler wrote about 2025 wildfires caused by climate change in her popular book “Parable of the Sower.”

2025年1月28日 · The Eaton Fire has had devastating and disproportionate impacts on Altadena’s Black community, according to a new data brief from the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge and the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute. “Altadena’s Black community has long served as a symbol of resilience and opportunity in the Los Angeles ...

2025年1月13日 · Altadena, located just 13 miles northeast of Los Angeles, boasts a population that is 18% Black, with a significant portion (65%) of residents aged 65 and older, according to the U.S. Census...

2025年1月27日 · Two-thirds of African American applicants had their application approved, lower than for non-Black applicants (three-quarters). Moreover, the younger Black community, already struggling to purchase homes in Altadena prior to the fires, will likely face additional barriers to homeownership as rebuilding efforts continue.

2025年1月18日 · Altadena, California, was among Los Angeles County's first Black middle-class enclaves. Some fear recent wildfires may have erased that legacy.

Today’s census broken down by race: whites, 53.2%: blacks, 19.6%; other race, 14.3%; two or more races, 6.94%; Asian, 5.16%; Native American, .6%; and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, .1%. Altadena’s diversity and wide range of housing stock attracts new homeowners of all stripes.

2025年1月13日 · Altadena was one of the few communities offering housing and loans to Black Americans during the Civil Rights Movement. As a result, it became a popular community for a growing Black middle class seeking to escape discrimination elsewhere.

2025年1月11日 · Pasadena and Altadena, two communities hit hard by the Eaton fire, have a rich history of Black community and culture. Many homes go back generations and have been passed down for decades from...