She is 96 and was one of the first Black female homeowners in Pacific Palisades. After the fire, she is starting over.

Saying she shows incredible resilience, Supervisor Horvath honors Louvenia Jenkins, 97, who lost her home in Palisades fire.

Louvenia Jenkins, who grew up in East St. Louis, was one of the first Black homeowners in Pacific Palisades. She lived in that house for 57 years. Until Jan. 7.

A Southern California woman who broke barriers as one of the first Black homeowners in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood was one of the many who lost everything in the recent wildfire.

When Louvenia Jenkins purchased a home in Pacific Palisades in 1967, she became one of the first Black residents in the ...

In the mid-1960s, Louvenia Jenkins posed a question to her mailman: Do any Black people live in Pacific Palisades? The mail carrier, a light-skinned Black man, told her there were about half a ...

And when the ferocious Palisades fire burned down her home, taking with it her tennis trophies and art from her world travels, 97-year-old Louvenia Jenkins said the loss didn’t define her.