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.
Latest episodes
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41 min
KBLA’s Altadena Rising Town Hall: Understanding the Wildfire Recovery Compensation Fund (Part Two)
Is SoCal Edison’s “Fast Pay” Program Truly Fast and Fair?In Part Two of this conversation, Tavis Smiley, Chief Visionary Officer and flagship host of KBLA Talk 1580, and KBLA host…
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60 min
KBLA’s Altadena Rising Town Hall: Understanding the Wildfire Recovery Compensation Fund (Part One)
s SoCal Edison’s “Fast Pay” Program Truly Fast and Fair?In part one in this town hall conversation, KBLA Talk 1580’s Chief Visionary Officer and flagship host, Tavis Smiley, along…
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49 min
Altadena: Somebody Didn’t Do Their Damn Job
In this episode of 'Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr — “Somebody Didn’t Do Their Damn Job.”Nine months since the Eaton Canyon Fire… and now this so-called “After…
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50 min
Answering the Call: Altadena Relief and Resources
On this podcast episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr — Freddy Sayegh. Fire survivor. Lost seven properties. Now leading Alta Design Works to help neighbo…
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52 min
The Recovery Will Not Be Televised
On this podcast, "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr, Andre Barnwell joins the conversation. A writer, producer, director, and fire survivor still displaced from h…
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51 min
Altadena Rising: Congresswoman Judy Chu. Ways. Means. LA Fire Aid Relief or Waste
On this podcast episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr. Congresswoman Judy Chu will face the burning question: Will survivors ever see real relief, or will…
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48 min
Altadena Rising — Truth. Resilience. Community. Love. With Dr. Cornel West Jr.
On this podcast episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr—Dr. Cornel West. A Black prophetic voice. Scholar. Truth-teller. Together, we mark Altadena as sacre…
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52 min
Black Family Breaksground, Altadena: The Emersons Story
Coming up on this podcast episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr, seven months. Eleven days. After the Eaton Canyon Fire, Jarvis Emerson broke ground for h…
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51 min
Asset-Rich, Cash-Poor: Generational Wealth Re?Imagined
On the podcast episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr, Dr. Brent Musson joins us to ask the question Black Altadena is still living with thirty-two weeks a…
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50 min
Brandon Lamar: Charity or Surrogacy? Seven Months After the Fire — The Politics of Disaster Relief
On this episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr, seven months after the Eaton Canyon fire, who’s helping Altadena — and who’s just putting on a show? Pasade…
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49 min
Working on a Building: Mayor Bass Leads L.A.’s Fire Recovery & Building
On this episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr, rebuilding isn’t just brick and mortar. It’s power, politics, and who gets left behind. Mayor Karen Bass br…
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51 min
School, Smoke, and Survival: Altadena Students Rise with Dr. Lawton Gray
On this episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr, the fire is out, and the smoke is gone. But for students in Altadena, rebuilding and finding new normals ar…
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49 min
Breaking Barriers, Building Community: Fire and Robinson Family Legacy
On the next episode of The “Conversation Live: Altadena Rising” with James Farr, a powerful and personal conversation with Dennis Robinson, great-nephew of Olympian Mack Robinson a…
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50 min
Martin Gordon: Still Waiting, Six Months After the Fire
On this episode of “Conversation Live: Altadena Rising,” James Farr — Martin Gordon, Chair of the Pasadena Community Coalition, returns to share where things stand six months after…
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42 min
Altadena: Where Champions Are Made and Legends Rise
On this podcast of “Conversation Live: Altadena Rising,” James Farr sits down with Laurence Todd, founder of the Pasadena Sports Hall of Fame, to explore the rich athletic legacy o…
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43 min
“After the Fire: Turning Survivors and Community Voices Into Action”
How does a community move forward after disaster—and who gets to decide what recovery looks like? In this episode of "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising," host James Farr sits down…
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46 min
Under Siege: Fires, ICE Raids, and the Fight for Altadena
Altadena burned—and the people still want answers.On "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising," host James Farr sits down with L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger this week. Why were…
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45 min
Could More Have Been Done? Five Months After The Fire
Five months after flames tore through Altadena—leveling homes, rattling lives, and eroding public trust—the burning question remains: could more have been done?In this episode of "…
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51 min
TROOP: R&B Legends, Music, & the Fire That Changed Everything
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 Res…
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50 min
Twice Displaced: From Freeways to Fire in Black Altadena
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…