Nature is rebounding a year after January’s fires, as plants, wildlife – and even a waterfall

When a devastating Jan. 7 wildfire burned through the natural canyons above Altadena, land was charred and left denuded, but worse than that, the spring storm surge unloosed boulders and sediment that washed away trails and creek beds. Cliff aster blooms along the Loma Alta Trail in the Rubio Canyon Preserve in Altadena on Friday, December 12, 2025...