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Conversation Live: Altadena Rising with James Farr

Conversation Live: Altadena Rising with James Farr

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 KBLA TALK 1580’s Conversation Live: Altadena Rising is the show of record, chronicling this tragedy for the nation over the next 52 weeks. Host and journalist James Farr leads the investigation, documenting the community’s fight for accountability and its journey through roots, resilience, recovery, rebuilding, and reunion.Copyright KBLA Talk 1580 Ciencias Sociales
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  • TROOP: R&B Legends, Music, & the Fire That Changed Everything

    TROOP: R&B Legends, Music, & the Fire That Changed Everything
    Jun 6 2025
    On this episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising," James Farr sits down with Rodney Benford and John 'Jon Jon' Harreld of the legendary R&B quintet TROOP—short for 'Total Respect of Other People.' They were just 'Dena' kids with big dreams before the platinum records, sold-out tours, Arsenio Hall Show appearances, and their iconic cameo in New Jack City. Their chart-topping hits—“Spread My Wings,” “All I Do Is Think of You,” and “Sweet November”—became the soundtrack of a generation.

    In the wake of the Altadena Eaton Canyon fire, Rodney and Jon Jon return to reflect on what’s been lost and what still binds them to their hometown. It’s a story of resilience, brotherhood, and the power of staying rooted in the community that raised you.
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    51 m
  • Twice Displaced: From Freeways to Fire in Black Altadena

    Twice Displaced: From Freeways to Fire in Black Altadena
    May 30 2025
    What happens when a community is forced to start over—again? In this episode of “Conversation Live: Altadena Rising,” James Farr sits down with Tina Jackson Williams, Vice Chair of the Pasadena 710 Restorative Justice Committee, for an urgent conversation on how Black families lost their homes, not once, but twice. First, through eminent domain and freeway expansion that bulldozed vibrant Black neighborhoods in Pasadena. And again, generations later, through the destruction of the 2025 Eaton Canyon Fire.

    Together, Farr and Williams trace how racist housing covenants, redlining, and broken promises created a cycle of displacement. What does it take to repair generational harm? And can restorative justice offer a real path forward? From policy to personal stories, this episode is a history lesson and a call to action.
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    50 m
  • Burned but Not Broken: The Fight to Save Altadena’s Small Businesses

    Burned but Not Broken: The Fight to Save Altadena’s Small Businesses
    May 20 2025
    On this episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising," host James Farr turns the spotlight on the nearly 1,800 small and home-based businesses impacted by the January wildfires across L.A. County—none harder hit than Altadena. These businesses—cafés, barbershops, childcare centers, and solo entrepreneurs—are the backbone of the local economy. “What happens to a community,” Farr asks, “when the businesses that hold it together are at risk of disappearing?”

    Maria Salinas, President and CEO of the L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce, details the toll: over 13,000 jobs affected and millions in lost economic output. Salinas introduces a recovery fund offering grants of up to $25,000 for impacted small and home-based businesses and nonprofits. Together, they examine what’s at stake and what it will take to help Altadena rebuild from the ground up.
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    47 m
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