Altadena was his paradise for 57 years. Could a fire evacuation order have saved him?
Rodney Nickerson had lived in Altadena since 1968, when he bought his three-bedroom house on Alta Pine Drive with $5 down.
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For historically Black Altadena, the combined wildfire loss of generational wealth and personal heirlooms is indescribable
The wildfires raging in Los Angeles have scorched an area larger than the size of Paris and two are already the most destructive in Southern California ... his Altadena home. His son, Eric ...