They lost their houses in last year’s Eaton fire. “Those are the days I’m down just because there’s insurance, there’s loans, there’s contractors, there’s permits, there’s inspections,” she said. It looks like countryside and a few houses here and a few houses there and it really seemed very magical and hopeful,” Huneven said. “And those mountain views we have now, without all the houses in the way,” Zack said. Once again, Zack wrote, Altadena’s future will be determined by “who stays, who leaves, and who moves here.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 19, 2026 13:46 UTC