the father and son were hiking Bailey Canyon, as they'd done many times before. There had been a wildfire there months earlier, one that burned nearly 200 homes in Altadena and Sierra Madre.

But just about the most purple thing in Southern California — and it is only in its majestic purple-a-tude for a short time, let us note — is found in a private backyard in Sierra Madre.

Last sold in 2023 for $1 million over the asking price, the groovy 1970s Sierra Madre home is back on the market.

The lawsuit blames SCE’s equipment for triggering the deadly blaze that cut a mammoth swath of damage through the ...