New hazard designations increase the number of homes that must comply with wildfire building codes during reconstruction.

Altadena was a bastion for Black homeownership, but the January wildfires in Los Angeles have put these residents in a precarious situation.

Most of them involve around a gallows-humor variation on the theme: “Now, they tell us!” Because, you know, Altadena burned down, and that is that. Miles from the mountains, from the Angeles National ...