Altadena residents return to find little left of their homes. Entire neighborhoods in Altadena, Calif., lay in ruins after the Eaton fire swept through. Mark Abramson for The New York Times Cathy Smythe stood on the grounds of what had been her home on Altadena’s Alta Pine Drive, sifting through ash and rubble. She and her husband had left in a hurry before the flames swept down from the nearby San Gabriel mountains, consuming their home of 24 years along with most of the surrounding houses....