In wildfire-devastated Altadena, a ‘little misfit group’ of diners are supporting struggling business – and each other
On a Friday evening at El Caporal, a southern California restaurant, the dining room buzzed with chatter. For owner Neddy Morelos, the soundtrack was a welcome contrast to the silence of other nights when employees joked that they could hear a fly flap its wings.
For the first time since January, when the Eaton fire bore down on her restaurant on Fair Oaks Avenue, a busy thoroughfare in Altadena, every vaquero-themed banquette was filled with hungry customers.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/14/california-altandena-wildfires
Author : Lynda Lin Grigsby in Altadena, California
Publish date : 2025-09-14 14:00:00
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