The Taylor family had 20 minutes to evacuate their home in Altadena.
One of the structures destroyed by the fire was the home Erion and Stephan Taylor lived in with their three children. They say they only had 20 minutes to evacuate on Jan. 7.
However, the flames quickly threatened her home as well and the family fled. Since then, they have been living in a hotel room. When the Taylors were able to return to their Altadena neighborhood, they found their house in ruins. It's a situation many across the area are facing, leaving families with an uncertain future.Black families began moving to the area in the '30s, during the Great Migration, and Altadena became a multicultural haven in the '60s. This was a result of Black people being able to get mortgages and AltadenaPeggy Taylor, known as Ms. Peggy, moved to the area when she was 17.
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