After being evacuated due to the Eaton fire, residents of Altadena's Meadows neighborhood are gradually returning home, finding their houses standing despite the surrounding devastation. While relieved, they express concerns about the future of their community and the loss of historical heritage.
Neighbors Nikki Lewis, left, and Anteres Anderson Turner hug outside their homes on Jan., 17, 2025, The neighbors returned to their homes on Canyon Dell Drive in Altadena after being evacuated to find them standing after the Eaton fire burned through the area. Nikki Lewis and Anteres Anderson Turner greeted each other with a big embrace. These neighbors shared a sigh of relief: Their homes in the Meadows neighborhood of Altadena had survived the Eaton fire.
“I think Anteres and I are definitely in the same boat, we’re feeling extraordinarily lucky that our houses have survived but also a huge fear of what the future holds for Altadena,” Lewis said. “The destruction of this rich, historical community. One of the historical Black communities in Los Angeles, and what is going to happen to that heritage, what is going to happen to the old folks who might be swindled, or people trying to put up a gated community.
Coming back to her family’s home, Anderson Turner said, she cried, because it not only is her home but her mother’s and sons’ home. It felt like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders and it was an intense feeling of relief.The home still does not have power or water so the Anderson Turner family is staying at a friend’s house in Covina.
“As you can see when you come up here, one side of the street their houses are partially burnt up, and on the other side there’s nothing, and you come up here and there’s nobody’s house that’s been burnt up,” Mike Saddler said. “It’s been unbelievable.”Near the Palisades fire, Frank LeClair, 68, watched his neighbors trickle back into their homes in Woodland Park Mobile Estates.
As he sat on his front porch, more cars pulled into the neighborhood. He was grateful the Palisades fire didn’t affect their area.
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