Susan Valot

Susan Valot

Independent Producer

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Susan Valot is an award-winning radio journalist with more than 16 years of experience in the Los Angeles region. Valot covers anything and everything as a freelance reporter-producer for various public radio outlets, including “The California Report,” NPR’s “Only A Game” and “Marketplace.” To listen to more of Susan’s work, visit http://susanvalot.com/

Susan Valot on KCRW

People whose homes survived in the Eaton Fire area face uncertainty as they figure out what it will take to return. Not all want to live amid the rubble.

‘The neighborhood is gone.’ Fire zone survivors weigh choices

People whose homes survived in the Eaton Fire area face uncertainty as they figure out what it will take to return. Not all want to live amid the rubble.

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Volunteers are racing to save historic tiles before bulldozers clear them away from the Eaton Fire area in Altadena. Many are Batchelder tiles that survived on fireplaces.

The race to save historic tiles from post-fire bulldozers

Volunteers are racing to save historic tiles before bulldozers clear them away from the Eaton Fire area in Altadena. Many are Batchelder tiles that survived on fireplaces.

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Weeks after the Eaton Fire in Altadena, injured wildlife is showing up around the disaster area. The singed animals include everything from birds to bobcats.

Injured wild animals with no habitat emerge from burn areas

Weeks after the Eaton Fire in Altadena, injured wildlife is showing up around the disaster area. The singed animals include everything from birds to bobcats.

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