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After devastating fires blazed through the region, residents are holding on to the intricate glazed tiles that survived — small but meaningful remnants of their homes.

The fireplace opening stands about four feet ... he tapes off the large central tile and grabs his hammer. "Ernest Batchelder. He’s the artist who made these tiles — in his backyard ...

“At the base of one was this gorgeous Batchelder tile on the fireplace surround. That’s when Lucy observed that the tile was all the owners have now from their house, and wondered how it could ...

A faint green hue shone through — a Batchelder. By the end of the day, Nonato had rescued about 90% of the tiles and laid them on a blanket in the driveway in the same pattern as the fireplace.

Meet the volunteers who are scrambling to save vintage tiles from homes in the Altadena burn zone before the bulldozers arrive.

worked to preserve the tilework around the 1923 fireplace in Valerie Elachi's Altadena home, including some tiles from Pasadena ceramicist Ernest Batchelder. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) ...