Altadena’s 104-year holiday lighting tradition known as Christmas Tree Lane escaped damage from the Eaton fire despite a rain of embers and fierce winds.

A shining star towering over Altadena continues ... toward the city’s famed Christmas Tree Lane, which showcases a mile of cedar trees strung with festive lights along Santa Rosa Avenue.

Read the story here: He built a massive train set in his Altadena backyard ... surrounded by towering cedars lit by Christmas lights. It was all kind of magical. That was on Jan. 4 — a Saturday ...

In 1922, the Balian family bought a home in Altadena, having made their money by making ice cream, and turned it into the ...

Several homes in the area have burned, but the neighborhood’s famous trees, decorated each year for the holidays, did not appear to be ablaze at mid-day.

The people who tend Altadena's venerable deodar cedars have suffered ... local leaders making speeches and attendees walking the route once the lights are turned on. The Christmas Tree Lane display ...