Some victims of the Altadena fire are feeling a second loss – many of their trees are now being cut down. Part of the cleanup effort includes removing surviving trees that could pose a threat to cleanup crews.

The challenge of post-fire recovery is one faced by communities around the world. Terms like “build back better” and “managed retreat” are often heard, but what do they mean for people complex making decisions on the ground?

Roosevelt Banks’s home in Altadena, Calif., was destroyed by the California wildfires. Nearly two months later, he’s still awaiting answers from his insurer and living week to week in hotels.

An Altadena woman who lost her home in the Eaton Fire wants to be an example of how quickly a house can be built.

In a sign of hope, LA County officials announced Wednesday the reopening of Altadena’s first public park. Loma Alta Park is slated to open May 10. Much of the landscape and playgrounds in the park were damaged or destroyed in the fire.

Altadena Green, an organization run by volunteer arborists, says some trees are being prematurely removed by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.