Anissa Rivera

2 weeks ago | sgvtribune.com | Anissa Rivera

Three months in, and what we lost in the fire, what we saved from the fire and what comes from the fire runs across so many people’s minds every day. Everyone’s evacuation story is still vivid in their telling. The wayward thoughts: “Oh, I should have grabbed that photo on the fridge!” or “We never got a warning.” The ways they’ve learned to accept help. The ways others have found to give it. And every day, a story.

2 weeks ago | dailybreeze.com | Anissa Rivera

Eustacia Jones was praying, on her knees, in her car, as her husband maneuvered their car past fallen trees and “fires everywhere,” up to 2751 Fair Oaks Ave. in Altadena. It was 4 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 8, and Jones, 38, was driving from her Rose Bowl neighborhood to Altadena to evacuate her grandmother Jean Roberts, 75. The Eaton fire, which broke out the night before, was raging through town. Time was running out.

2 weeks ago | dailynews.com | Anissa Rivera

Volunteer archeologists with Alta Heritage Foundation stand with Eustacia Jones and her grandmother Jean Roberts, as they hold the recovered cremains of Roberts’ husband Tommie. The urn containing his remains was left behind when they fled their home the night the Eaton Fire erupted on Jan. 7. (Courtesy of Jennifer Cheung and Steven Nilsson) UPDATED: April 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM PDTDisaster archeology brings solace to Eaton Fire families, reuniting them with the ashes of their loved ones.

3 weeks ago | dailybulletin.com | Anissa Rivera

As good as it gets: Rubi's at the Quad, serving Mexican and American comfort food, shutters April 18.

3 weeks ago | whittierdailynews.com | Anissa Rivera

This is how loyal Rubi’s customers are: A man once begged Emily Cisneros to stay open so he could Uber from LAX, pick up his green burrito and peanut butter shake order, then Uber back to the airport to catch a flight home. Extra points for bringing a Rubi’s order back for his wife, too. Rubi’s at the Quad is closing after 29 years. The Burlington Coat Factory one door down closed in 2024.