By Solomon O. Smith California Black Media The Eaton Fire has left a devastating mark on southern California, including the Black and Brown communities of Pasadena and Altadena, where homeowners are grappling with unimaginable loss. Among them is Ruth Hopkins, publisher of The Pasadena Journal, the area’s only Black newspaper. Hopkins lost her family home ...

By Dianne Anderson Unlike other brand new developments where the community is invited to come and look – but don’t touch, congregants of New Hope Presbyterian Church recently packed their house in celebration by painting their names on the walls and the floors of freshly laid concrete. It’s a memory that won’t fade anytime soon. ...