VOLUME 20 NO. 37SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2026 
GOVERNOR NEWSOM SIGNS ASSEMBLYMAN 
VOLUME 20 NO. 37SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2026 
GOVERNOR NEWSOM SIGNS ASSEMBLYMAN 
JOHN HARABEDIAN'S WILDFIRE RECOVERY BILLS 

Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom on September 15 signed Anne Mooney and Ludwing Juarez of Sparano + Mooney 

wildfire recovery bills AB 1642 and AB 1842, establishing the Architecture, presented the plans for the center to more than 100 

nation's first scientific testing standards for lead and asbestos in attendees. Mooney told the crowd that “everyone in this room 

fire-impacted homes and providing mortgage relief for survivors, is here today because we all care deeply about the future of Eaton 

with AB 1642 requiring public health science rather than insurance Canyon,” and said the research and community feedback produced a 

estimates to determine post-fire safety into law. nature center more resilient and prepared to serve future generations, 

adding that the project aims to “build back better.” 

The Recovery Act legislation was prompted by the fire which 
occurred above Eaton Canyon Wash last year, burned 14,021 acres Eaton Canyon has lost buildings to fire before. The original Robert 

over 24 days, destroyed 9,418 structures and caused 19 deaths across McCurdy Nature Study Center, built in 1963, burned down on 

our foothill communities. October 27, 1993, during the 40-mph, wind-driven Kinneloa Fire, 

according to MyEatonCanyon.com, which led to a replacement 

In September 2025, the United States Department of Justice sued facility opening in 1998. That second building was then destroyed 

Southern California Edison for costs of containment and land 

in the Eaton Fire. 

restoration, attributing the fire to Southern California Edison power 
line failures. The next From Ashes to Action panel is scheduled for October 7 
from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and will focus 

Assemblyman Harabedian, a Sierra Madre native, led the effort to on the Eaton Canyon landscape redesign. LA County opened the 
raise the full restoration costs of $48 million - a figure put forth Eaton Canyon Landscape Recovery Center on March 7, a nursery 
by the County of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Parks and restoration hub supported by nearly $3 million in regional and 

Foundation plans to raise the remaining funds through philanthropic state grants, including a $1 million LA County Regional Park grant 

and business-sector support, with the county working alongside the and $1.87 million from the Rivers and Mountains Conservancy. 

foundation on that push, the report states. 

Eaton Canyon Natural Area remains closed to the public as the 

According to LA County, the ‘wildfire-resilient’ design for the new 

wildlife slowly returns home. MVNews 

Eaton Canyon Nature Center, is a horseshoe-shaped building with 
curved walls meant to divert windblown embers, a fire-
resistant stone and steel exterior, roof and eave sprinklers, 
and on-site water tanks. It is the third attempt at a permanent 
nature center in the canyon, after wildfires destroyed the 
previous two. 

At a community From Ashes to Action panel discussion held 
at the Arboretum last week, the planning was said to have 
considered the area’s last 100 years of fire, wind and flood 
patterns in the canyon. The new design is intended to include 
the canyon's historic, tribal and cultural legacy. 

SIERRA MADREAN 
FRED THOMAS PERFORMS AT 
SM PLAYHOUSE THIS WEEKEND 


COMMUNITY EFFORT TO HELP LONGTIME 
RESIDENT AND VOLUNTEER ALAN TIERNEY 
FIGHT THE BATTLE OF HIS LIFE 

For years you've seen Alan around town, helping whereever he could - at 
Little League, numerous community events and much more. Now he 
needs our prayers and support. Please scan the QR code below and join 
Team Alan. 

HEART TELLS TALES 

September 19 and 20, 2026 

Encore performance! After sold-out Los Angeles and 
New York runs, Omen Kaine's The Heart Tells Tales 
returns to Sierra Madre Playhouse, 

Following sold-out runs in Los Angeles and New York, 
Omen Kaine’s acclaimed psychological thriller The Heart 
Tells Tales returns for a special encore performance at 
the Sierra Madre Playhouse. Inspired by Edgar Allan 
Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart, this haunting production 
blends gripping drama with an electrifying live score 
to explore guilt, trauma, and the fragile boundaries of 
the human mind. Audiences who missed the original 
sold-out engagement now have one more opportunity 
to experience the bold theatrical event that captivated 
theatergoers and established The Heart Tells Tales as one 
of 2025’s most talked-about new plays. 

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