Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles Offers Workshops on Los Angeles County Emergency Rent Relief Program

L.A. County has opened applications for financial assistance due to recent emergencies, including the 2025 Wildfires. The assistance can be used for unpaid rent to avoid eviction, or other emergency expenses. Join a free Zoom workshop to learn how tenants can partner with their landlords to apply.

 

 

Application and eligibility requirements for LA County Rent Relief Program  https://www.lacountyrentrelief.com/

 

 

Application Open for The RESTORE LA Fund
For Small Business Recovery and Climate Resilience

Share Your Messages & Memories through Doors of Reflection at

Altadena Main Library, Fair Oaks Burger, Grocery Outlet, and Odyssey Charter South

January 5-12

United Policyholders Asks Fire Survivors to Complete Insurance & Wildfire Recovery Survey

Please take a few minutes to complete a brief insurance and wildfire recovery survey. Your answers help us help you. We use the data to fine tune our Roadmap to Recovery programming and be a strong advocate for insurer accountability and fair outcomes for policyholders.

 

You can access the survey here.

Paid PCC Interns Available to Support Eaton Fire Recovery Efforts

Skilled Trades Connect, a workforce initiative led by SoCal Trades Tour, is offering 100-hour, paid internships at no cost to local organizations supporting Eaton Fire recovery. Pasadena City College students ages 18 to 24 are ready to begin placements immediately and can assist with a wide range of tasks, including field support, administrative planning, documentation, community outreach, and other rebuild-related functions.

How it works:

• Submit the Worksite Interest Form.
• Receive curated candidates and interview at your discretion.
• Host an intern paid $17.87/hour through LA County Workforce Development.

Dear Edison: Keep Eaton Fire Families Housed

 

EFRU Wildfire Recovery: Indoor Contamination

Verdugo Jobs Center Support for Former JPL Employees 

Verdugo Jobs Center Supports Job Skills for Those Impacted by Wildfire

If you have lost your job due to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, the Verdugo Jobs Center is here to help you rebuild your career. We offer funding for short-term training programs designed to upgrade your skills and assist with your transition back to employment.

 

Our resources can provide the support you need to gain new qualifications, enhance

existing skills, and secure future employment opportunities.

 

Visit verdugoworks.com or call 818-937-8000

Free Tree-Watering Assistance for Fire-Impacted Altadena/Pasadena Properties

Amigos de Los Rios, the Altadena-based nonprofit best known locally for the redux of Triangle Park, is offering *FREE* tree-watering assistance for properties impacted by the Eaton fire. We understand *exactly* how important trees are to our community - and we *want* to help *you*! All you need to do to have your trees watered is to fill out and submit the form. It's really *that* simple!

 

Interested? Scan the QR code or visit https://linktr.ee/amigos_rios

Your Skills Can Bring Our Neighbors Home Again

San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity is seeking retired builders, contractors, and skilled tradespeople who can volunteer their time and expertise to support the home rebuilds now underway. We are seeking individuals who can commit to consistent days and times to assist families in returning home.

 

We Need Skilled Volunteers With Experience In:

HPP Cares Provides Rebuild Case Management

EVENTS

Thrive Food Bank Free Farmers Market

Friday, Jan. 9, 16, 23 & 30 • 4:30-6:30pm
3541 Brandon St., Pasadena

NHS Rebuilding & Recovery Workshop

Saturday, Jan. 10 • 10am-3pm

The Collaboratory, 540 W. Woodbury

Learn more and register at https://www.nhslacounty.org/events/rebuilding-recovery-workshops-eng-spa-tbd/

 

Altadena Poets Laureate: New Year, New Myths Poetry Workshop w/Elline Lipkin
Saturday, Jan. 10 • 11am-1pm
LOCATION UPDATE: Now at Bob Lucas Library, 2659 Lincoln

In this workshop we will think about the myths that surround the new year: fresh starts, blank slates, new beginnings. We will experiment with a variety of prompts to write about these concepts, while holding the idea that the 'ideal' year we plan might not be the reality that we meet.
 
Drawing from fairy tales and myths, we will write our own versions in which the imagined meets with contemporary life, the unexpected, and the unknown.
 
Please bring a notebook and a pen if you can; otherwise, we will provide paper and writing utensils for you.
 
Supported by Friends of the Altadena Library, the Altadena Library Foundation, Octavia's Bookshelf, and Academy of American Poets.

 

Reever Way Photography Exhibition (by Margaret Sison)
On Display: Dec. 15-Jan. 15, 2026
(Gallery Hours M-F, 11am-5pm)
Reception: Saturday, Jan. 10, 6-8pm
Lineage Performing Art Center, 920 E Mountain St., Pasadena

Altadena Candle Light Vigil

Sunday, Jan. 11 • 7pm
Altadena Town & Country Club, 2290 Country Club Dr.

Community Food Distribution
Wednesday, Jan. 14 • 11am-12pm
Altadena Main Library, 600 E. Mariposa

Stop by the Altadena Main Library at 600 E. Mariposa to pick up a bag of fresh produce, courtesy of Hollywood Food Coalition. Supplies are limited, first come, first served. If you can, please bring your own extra bags.
 

ONEGeneration: Healing after the Fires Support Group
Every 3rd Thursday of the Month (begins Jan. 15, 2026) • 10-11:30am

Virtual on Zoom

Support Group for Older Adults & Caregivers Impacted by the Eaton and Pacific Palisades Fire. For more information and to register, call 818-705-2345 x.939.

 

Giant Steps Reopens: Open House/Mixer
Saturday, Jan. 17 • 11am-3pm
2401 N Lake Ave, Altadena

Giant Steps Community Programs is a nonprofit organization that supports adults with disabilities by providing employment opportunities and helping them live safely, independently, and with dignity. We are back! Join us for a mixer featuring light refreshments and live music by the James Carter Quintet. 

RSVP here.

 

Altadena Music Theatre Invites You to a Cabaret Soiree & film premier of the 2023 production at Farnsworth Park
Sunday, Jan. 18 • 5pm
Manoukian Performing Art Center,
2495 Mountain, Pasadena

Under the Stars: Voices of Resilience and Hope Under the Starlight
Tuesday, Jan. 20 • 6:30-7:30pm
Main Library Community Room

Join us at this event for the one-year anniversary of the Eaton Canyon Fire. You’ll see poets, writers, and community members reflect on memory, healing, and rebuilding.
 
Through storytelling, photos, video, poetry, and shared reflection, the event creates space for collective mourning, connection, and the quiet hope that glows even in the darkest seasons—symbolized by the winter starlight that has long illuminated Altadena’s foothills. The evening underscores the vital role of arts and literature in healing and cultivating belonging. Participants:
• Nahshon Dion, Writer
• Florence Annang, Founder, THRIVE Learning Lab
• Hans Allhoff, Chair, Altadena Heritage
• Michele Zack, Historian & Writer
• Pablo Miralles, Filmmaker
• Heather Morrow, Artist
• Brandon Lamar, President, Pasadena NAACP
• Patricia Cunliffe, Filmmaker
• LZ Love, Singer & Songwriter
• Erica Slater, Altadena Community Garden
• Sunny Mills, Photographer
• Sam James, CEO & Co-Founder, Altadena Recovery Team (ART)
• Kristen Ochoa, Founder, Chaney Trail Corridor Project

 

Help Us Paint a Community Mural
Friday, Jan. 23 Paint Sessions Still Available
Bob Lucas Library

Bring your family, friends & neighbors to paint a community mural at Bob Lucas Library!
Artist Edgar Arceneaux will lead the sessions, and all ages and all skill levels are invited. Register for a session at AltadenaLibrary.org/programs.

 

Altadena Poets Laureate: From Ashes to Renewal: Voices of Resilience in Altadena + Open Mic
Saturday, Jan. 24 • 2-4pm
Main Library Community Room

Featuring Sesshu Foster, Robin D. G. Kelley, Elline Lipkin, Roberta Martinez, Ruth Nolan, Andrew Wessels, Désirée Zamorano, emerging poets Emilia Cabrales and Keily Sahagun + Open Mic
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Hosted by Sehba Sarwar and Lester Graves Lennon
Join us for an afternoon of poetry, reflection, and renewal as we mark one year since the Altadena fires. Together, we’ll honor the land, the people, and the spirit of rebuilding that continues to shape our community.
 
This event will be livestreamed at youtube.com/ AltadenaLibrary.
 
Supported by Friends of the Altadena Library, the Altadena Library Foundation, Octavia's Bookshelf, and Academy of American Poets.

 

Ending Well: Free Workshop for Seniors
Sessions begin on Monday, Jan. 26

on Zoom

To learn more or register, email endingwellclass@gmail.com

 

Altadena Revealed Lecture Series - Itinerant Craftsman: Lessons from the Duntley-Blackburn Residence 
Friday, Jan. 30 • 7-8:30pm
Altadena Main Library, 600 E Mariposa

In 1910 a grand Craftsman-style home was built for realtor G.M. Duntley. By 2025 the building was slated for demolition, but was ultimately saved and relocated from Los Feliz to a fire-ravaged plot in Altadena. The house had been saved once before, by owner Alice Blackburn who threw a huge party in the house the night it moved from East Hollywood to make way for the Hollywood Freeway. Although the party was unusual, at the time it was common practice to transport and reuse threatened buildings. It's time to revive this building relocation tradition at scale — a process that will require revised historic ordinances, streamlined permitting, and regular coordination among local governments.

 

Speaker: Graham Larkin

 

Registration required. Get tickets here

 

The Fire Stories Project
Saturday, Jan. 31 • 1-2:30pm
Altadena Main Library, 600 E Mariposa

The Fire Stories Project is a staged reading crafted from excerpts of the experiences of young people impacted by the Eaton fire, using their exact words and performed by professional actors. Suitable for all ages. Space is limited, so please register for this event.

 

Registration required. RSVP here.

 

Explore the History & Design of the Altadena Main Library as it Prepares to Close for Renovation on Saturday, Jan. 31