including backing up singer Pearl Bailey, being an extra in a scene with Diana Ross in “Lady Sings the Blues” and being mentored by the first Black woman to ever sign a movie contract. Curry died last week at her home in Altadena as the Eaton Fire ...

Altadena, California, was among Los Angeles County's first Black middle-class enclaves. Some fear recent wildfires may have erased that legacy.

As embers wafted overhead against a reddening sky, Adonis and Denise Jones grabbed a few belongings and left their house last week in Altadena, California ... who’d been at Pearl Harbor when ...

At age 95, there was no other way to describe Dalyce Curry, or “Momma Dee” to her large extended family, other than “fabulous.” ”My grandmother still wore her big hair, glasses, nails, you know, painted makeup,

She settled in Los Angeles, where she never became a star but did rub shoulders with some of the elites of old Hollywood, including backing up singer Pearl Bailey, being an extra in a scene with ...

As ashes are still settling over parts of Altadena, California, victims of the Eaton wildfire have started filing lawsuits in the wake of the unprecedented blaze that destroyed more than 7,000 ...

For many African Americans who built their lives and businesses in historically Black communities like Altadena, the combined loss of generational wealth and personal heirlooms is indescribable.

Throughout the burn zone, Angelenos struggled to save their pets. Among the most difficult to save are those that live in water.

She backed up singer Pearl Bailey and appeared in a scene with Diana ... died alone in her small Altadena home after the Eaton fire tore through the community on the evening of Jan. 7.

The Daily Pilot’s e-newspaper includes Sunday’s coverage of Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach, Fountain Valley and other parts of Orange County. The Daily Pilot’s e ...

For many African Americans who built their lives and businesses in historically Black communities like Altadena, the combined loss of generational wealth and personal heirlooms is indescribable.

Walt Butler lived in his home in Altadena, California, for 60 years. An 83-year-old man who lost everything in the Eaton Fire that devastated Altadena, California, said he is ready to rebuild and ...