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Morgan is Jamaican, so when I found a Jamaican cooking class on Viator, I knew I had to take her.

Viator, a mastering engineer for the local record label Stones Throw, moved into the rustic foothill neighborhood with his wife in 2022, one full of middle-class artists and century-old homes.

“We scraped everything we had to afford it,” Viator said.

On the night of Jan. 6, Viator had planned to grab sushi with his neighbor, Jimmy Tamborello of indie group the Postal Service, when his wife texted that Eaton Canyon was on fire.

After he turned downhill to flee, Viator drove straight to Scottsdale, Ariz., where his wife and 2-year-old daughter were staying.