LA County gets $1.2 million grant to preserve artworks of fire-impacted Altadena, Palisades

LOS ANGELES — The Mellon Foundation has provided Los Angeles County with a $1.2 million grant to fund an initiative to preserve memories and artworks of communities impacted by the January 2025 wildfires, officials announced on Friday, Jan. 30.

The grant will support L.A. County Library and Department of Arts and Culture, the Los Angeles Public Library, Altadena Library District and their respective foundations on their work called “LA County Cultural Climate Commons: Community Memory Lab...