In college in Washington, D.C., I always told people I grew up outside of Los Angeles. Los Angeles Times reporter Colleen Shalby’s family home survived the Eaton fire in Altadena. Others were engineers at the Jet Propulsion Lab and professors at Caltech and teachers and artists and plumbers and everyday commuters to downtown Los Angeles. The Eaton fire took off less than two miles east from my family’s home, not far from the base of Eaton Canyon. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)AdvertisementMonths after the fire, my family was able to move back to Altadena.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 07, 2026 15:31 UTC