But for the past two weeks, the Black-owned bookshop has been packed wall-to-wall with supplies like bottles of water, hygiene products, clothes and food that are given away for free to locals impacted by the ongoing wildfire in the area.
Pasadena will resume parking enforcement in the city’s business districts starting Tuesday, city officials said.
First came the fires. Then, there was ash and contaminated water. Now, some survivors of the Southern California wildfires are dealing with outbreaks of norovirus and other stomach ailments at a shelter set up to help evacuees.
Homeowner, Totress Beasley, had just made her final payment on her Pasadena home days before it was destroyed in the Eaton fire.
Eaton Fire victims went to great lengths to get to safety. Now, they want their stories of heartbreak and disappointment heard.
The Pasadena Public Health Department said they will support the American Red Cross and onsite medical teams following a Norovirus outbreak at the city's evacuation center.
A brush fire broke out Tuesday near the Pacific Palisades, a coastal neighborhood on the west side of Los Angeles, and quickly exploded.
Tenant advocacy groups, landlord associations and elected officials are condemning rent gouging after tens of thousands of people were displaced in deadly fires this month.
California Gov. Gavin Newsome has declared a state of emergency ... which started in Altadena, near Pasadena and quickly grew to more than 2,200 acres. It has since set 1,000 acres ablaze and remains at 0% containment, according to Cal Fire.
Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton fires continue to burn in Southern California.
The city of Pasadena has declared a local public health emergency​ a week after the Eaton Fire caused widespread destruction.
More than 10,000 structures across Los Angeles County have been reduced to ashes as wildfires continue to blaze across parts of Southern California.