LA County Reopens Renovated Loma Alta Park In Altadena

ALTADENA, CA — In another recovery milestone for the Altadena community, Los Angeles County Saturday reopened Loma Alta Park, which was damaged in the Eaton Fire and underwent significant renovations to become a "super park."

"Loma Alta Park is a vital gathering place where our community can come together, especially in times of healing," county Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger said in a statement. "After the trauma of the Eaton Fire, having a space to reconnect, rebuild relationships, and support one another is incredibly important. Parks like Loma Alta help restore not only our physical surroundings, but our sense of belonging. Social connection is essential to recovery, and this reopening is a meaningful step forward for Altadena."

The park in the 3300 block of Lincoln Avenue underwent extensive renovations and upgrades following the Eaton Fire. It now includes a pair of Dodger Dreamfields -- the only baseball fields in Altadena -- along with a renovated gym and basketball courts funded by the LA Clippers Foundation, which will offer a Jr. Clippers Basketball Program for Altadena youth. The Clippers Foundation also funded a new computer lab and tech center.

The park also now includes a satellite senior center and library, after-school programming for kids 5-12 and a Tiny Tots program for kids 3-4, mental health services and an Our SPOT Teen Center. The park's swimming pool was also renovated. The Altadena Rotary Club will also move its summer concert series to the park due to extensive fire damage at the previous venue, Farnsworth Park.

County officials said volunteers also planted 44 trees, 32 tree seedlings and 818 plants at the park, and spread 50,000 square feet of mulch. Murals were also painted throughout the park, including work by local artists Victor Ving, Eric Junker, Ryan Burch and Katie Chrishanthi Sunderalingam.

"L.A. County Parks is grateful for the outpouring of support for Loma Alta Park from many generous partners, Supervisor and Board Chair Kathryn Barger, several county departments, and L.A. residents who just wanted to lend a helping hand," county Parks Director Norma E. García-González said in a statement. "We had over 2,000 volunteers from across L.A. County sign up in April to help their Altadena neighbors by painting murals, planting trees and shrubs, and enhancing the park.

"Loma Alta Park was fortunate that none of its buildings burned, which allowed us to move quickly to meet this community need, and now it is ready to better serve Altadena with new and expanded services and facility improvements. The community asked for the park to reopen, and knew we needed to meet the moment. Here we are, as promised, just two months later."