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

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.

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.

Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past week.

Cindy Carcamo is a staff writer in Food for the Los Angeles Times. She most recently covered immigration issues as a Metro reporter and, before that, served as Arizona bureau chief and national correspondent in the Southwest. A Los Angeles native, she has reported in Argentina, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, and is a former staff writer at the Orange County Register. Albert Brave Tiger Lee is a Southern California native, son of Korean immigrants, a father and a staff videographer at the Los Angeles Times. His work spans various mediums of visual storytelling and has been recognized for various disciplines including a national Emmy Award for News and Documentary, an RFK Journalism Award, Pictures of the Year International honors, the National Press Photographers Assn.’s Best of Photojournalism Award and Columbia University’s Dart Award.