While visiting the wildfire-torn community of Altadena Thursday, leading House Democrats called for federal assistance without "political" conditions — a day after the Trump Administration rescinded a memo issuing a freeze on federal funding.

U2, whose members include Bono and the Edge, committed during the event to donating $1 million to the relief efforts. Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft CEO and current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, and his wife, Connie, also pledged to match that donation and all donations made during the live broadcast of FireAid.

The FireAid benefit was fueled by some of music’s best performers to raise money for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief efforts. The event at the Kia Forum and the Intuit

The “Shallow” singer closed out the star-studded benefit concert with a song she co-wrote for the show with her fiancé, Michael Polansky.

Black residents of Altadena were more likely to have their homes damaged or destroyed by the Eaton fire and will have a harder financial road to recovery from the disaster, according to research released Tuesday by UCLA.

A UCLA study found that the Eaton fire disproportionally impacted Black households in Altadena. Here’s what they found.

Cleanup efforts are underway across Los Angeles County as residents pick up the pieces after three weeks of nonstop fires.

My family came over from across the United States—as close as Las Vegas and as far as North Carolina—to celebrate at our home in Altadena, California. Altadena is a charming and eclectic community, nestled at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains.

I moved away from California about 35 years ago, but I still think about the years I spent there. When I used to look up my old neighborhood in Altadena, CA on Google Maps, it was always green. Last week, when I looked it up on the Eaton Fire map, it was all yellow. When I looked it up tonight on a different map, it was mostly red.

Hundreds of Altadena residents, encouraged by L.A. County Supervisor Barger, vow to return, but we need to balance risks and merits of swiftly rebuilding after the fires.

The couple says the donation would help “particularly in the historic, racially diverse community of Altadena.”

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