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The night the Eaton fire destroyed block after block of Altadena, Jared Franz was huddled in a hotel room with his wife, two kids and their dog, praying the family’s home would escape the ferocious ...

That’s because they’re waiting for their insurer, State Farm, to approve and process their claims. “We were lucky our house made it through,” Valverde said. “At first we thought unscathed. But it ...

Rossana Valverde’s Pasadena home of 35 years is still standing after Los Angeles County’s devastating January fires — but more than 100 days later, she and her husband still can’t move back in. That’s ...