Despite their own Eaton fire losses, Pasadena-area day laborers step up to clean their town, and help each other

By Amancai Biraben, Correspondent

With thin social security and uncertain prospects, Los Angeles-area day laborers are taking the Eaton fire’s damage into their own hands.

The Pasadena Community Job Center, which connects day laborers to jobs throughout the community, has been spearheading clean-up efforts for four days.

Leading dozens of community volunteers, day laborers have been working in parks and neighborhoods to remove brush, fallen tree branches and debris that the Santa Ana winds swept up.