When I think of Altadena, California, I think of the amazing trees and the beautiful people. Christmas Tree Lane, right in the heart of last week’s Eaton Fire, was a December drive-through destination, where a volunteer community group each year decked out towering evergreens up both sides of the street for several blocks, to the delight of young and old.
Both the Eaton (Altadena) Fire and the Pacific Palisades Fire have been the most destructive and traumatic events that have ever crushed the spirit of folk in Southern California. The loss of life is of course the most tragic part of this disaster, and the loss of homes follows that closely. I have read that Pacific Palisades is also another beautiful town with a unique sense of community, but I will talk here of Altadena because it’s a town that I know personally.
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I will not address here the backdrop issue of galloping incompetence of state and city leaders, as well as bureaucrats running the utility and water companies. But the displaced residents of both Altadena and Pacific Palisades are already convinced…
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