Kevin said he wrote it just two weeks ago and ”it felt like something to document quickly and let people hear.” ...

Among those who are waiting to hear an update on a missing loved one are the relatives of 54-year-old Kevin Devine. Devine is a substitute teacher who lives on Boston Street in Altadena.

The number of people who have died in the Eaton and Palisades fires could rise. More than 30 people are still missing.

“My dear friend Kevin Devine, whose home and neighborhood was destroyed in the Altadena CA fires last week, has been missing since 1/7,” Laurie Kessler posted on Facebook Wednesday.

The last time Kevin Devine's mother heard from him was Jan. 7. He was at his apartment in Altadena on Boston Street speaking with his mother, Margaret Devine, on the phone about a present he had ...