On the Ground in LA: Rebuilding After the Fires

Rebuilding Lives – Rebuilding Altadena


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This episode follows the story of Sandra Molina, a single mother of three children who turned her life around through the help of the Laborers Union. She rebuilt her life and is now helping to rebuild Altadena as a Hazmat worker. Sandra enrolled as a Laborers Apprentice and took the Laborers Hazmat training course before being dispatched to a job with Anvil Builders. She works from 6 AM to 6 PM, often 7 days a week. We met Sandra at her home at 4 AM, where she prepared for work and kissed her young children goodbye. We follow her to work and get a sense of her responsibilities leading a Hazmat crew as they move from property to property. We also capture the visit of Laborers District Council leader Jon Preciado to the Altadena site that Sandra and other Laborers are working at. Preciado points out that these workers are building careers as well as rebuilding a community. We follow Sandra back home after work and talk to her young daughter, Abigail who knows how hard her mother works to give her children a better life. 

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On the Ground in LA: Rebuilding After the FiresBy LA Times Studios, Rebuild SoCal Partnership