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1 week ago | 
sgvtribune.com | David Wilson
As the United States Army Corps of Engineers expanded its footprint in the Eaton fire area to more than 120 crews this week as part of a massive debris-removal process, a much smaller operation is attempting to curtail a potential public health crisis brewing in Altadena’s pools.
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1 week ago | 
pasadenastarnews.com | David Wilson
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1 week ago | 
dailynews.com | David Wilson
Fred Ibarra, Vector Control Specialist II, prepares to treat a pool in Altadena. San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District team treated pools in the Eaton fire burn area on Homewood Drive on Thursday, April 3, 2025. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) UPDATED: April 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM PDTHow is a team of 33 people dealing with thousands of potential mosquito breeding sites in the Eaton fire burn area? Here's how.
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1 week ago | 
pasadenastarnews.com | David Wilson
This week, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released preliminary findings from soil testing in and around the Eaton and Palisades fire burn zones. The biggest takeaway was elevated percentages of lead levels in soil samples taken from sites downwind from the Eaton fire area that are a notch above public health thresholds. Such results on Friday prompted public health experts to urge caution, but the message was tempered with the need for more study.
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1 week ago | 
dailynews.com | David Wilson
Los Angeles County Public Health released findings from a soil sampling study done in the wake of the Eaton and Palisades fires. (Courtesy of Los Angeles County Public Health) UPDATED: April 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM PDTHere's what public health experts suggest residents can do to protect themselves from potential fire-related contaminants found in soil. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here.
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2 weeks ago | 
sgvtribune.com | David Wilson
Representative soil sample testing done in a Los Angeles County Public Health study found a higher percentage of samples with lead levels above health-based screening thresholds taken from parcels downwind of the Eaton fire. During a virtual town hall Thursday, April 10, officials presented the preliminary findings from a soil sampling study done by Roux Inc. in and around the Eaton and Palisades fire areas.
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2 weeks ago | 
sgvtribune.com | David Wilson
An oral history documentary about those displaced by the now defunct 710 freeway extension project will be screened Saturday, April 12, at the Pasadena Convention Center as part of a community workshop for the reconnecting 710 master plan project. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E.
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2 weeks ago | 
sgvtribune.com | David Wilson
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday, April 7, said for the great majority of property owners in the Eaton fire area, Phase-2 debris removal could be completed as early as late summer. Col. Sonny Avichal provided the update during the weekly Altadena Community Meeting. “Our commitment continues to be that we are going to be complete January 2026, however, we do expect that for the great majority of property owners we should be complete late summer, early fall,” Avichal said.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailybreeze.com | David Wilson
Los Angeles County Public Health Thursday, April 10, will be presenting the results of a soil sampling study done in the wake of the Eaton and Palisades wildfires. They will be presented at a virtual town hall at 6 p.m., which will be streamed on YouTube and on the department’s social media. Dr. Anish Mahajan, with Public Health, said Monday, April 7, during the weekly Altadena Community Meeting that the samples had been collected from various locations in and around both fire areas.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailynews.com | David Wilson
A foundation still stands at a home lost in the Eaton fire in Altadena on Monday, March 17, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) UPDATED: April 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM PDTL.A. County has been testing soil collected in and around the Eaton and Palisades burn areas. They are releasing the findings this week. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here.
