Griselda Torres was evacuating during the Eaton Fire when a phone call gave her the news: her parish was on fire.
For Torres, the faith formation director at Sacred Heart Church in Altadena, the call was “like a blow to my stomach.”
As he drove frantically past charred buildings along the smoky streets of Altadena in his SUV early Wednesday morning, Deacon José Luis Díaz had one prayer on his mind: God, please spare my church.