Published on February 25th, 2026

In a last-ditch move worthy of any “Karate Kid” movie, Sipoo Shelene Hearring, 68, found herself in the ring with developers, battling for ownership of the land where her martial arts studio once stood. The first victory? The property owners accepted her bid over three offers from developers. She had 15 days to raise $500,000 and […]

Published on February 25th, 2026

Benjamin was born and raised in Slidell, Louisiana but when he was a teen he was deemed “out of control” by his family and sent off to live with his mother who had started a new life in Portland, Oregon. From there he joined a gang but managed to finish high school and start college […]

Published on February 10th, 2026

Patrice was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland by a single mother. Growing up, she worked hard in school and was on her way to earning a college degree when she became pregnant at the age of 20. Being a single mother herself, she had to drop out and focus on raising her daughter and […]

Published on January 22nd, 2026

More than a year after the January 2025 wildfires first sparked, victims continue to navigate insurance, mortgage and construction hurdles on the road to rebuilding what was lost.  The recovery efforts of nonprofits, businesses and residents in and around Altadena and Pacific Palisades will see a boost from a new capital commitment from the Bank of […]

Published on January 20th, 2026

Ellen Williams’ left hand played with her long dark hair as her right hand guided the steering wheel, her phone resting face-down in her lap. Born and raised in Altadena, an unincorporated area in Los Angeles county, she didn’t need to look at a map as she drove to where her home of 22 years burned down. […]

Published on January 15th, 2026

Published on January 12th, 2026

Juanita and her sisters were born in Mexico but raised in Goleta, California by their single mother. She remembers at an early age people throwing eggs at their windows. It wasn’t until she was older that she realized this happened because they were Mexican and not wanted in the neighborhood. Her mother worked evenings and […]

Published on January 12th, 2026

“GMA” visits Altadena, California, where residents are trying to rebuild from their losses in the Eaton Fire.

Published on January 12th, 2026

Published on January 12th, 2026

One year after a firestorm ripped through Sue Decker’s neighborhood in the foothills of Altadena, California, her street is still a barren vista of empty lots and piles of dirt where tidy bungalows once stood. The block is hardly an outlier in Altadena, the Los Angeles-area neighborhood that went up in flames in January 2025 […]