One of the nation’s oldest no-kill animal shelters will host a day of pet adoptions, live music and food vendors.

It’s part of Living Free Animal Sanctuary’s ongoing efforts to build community at their rural 15-acre facility near Idyllwild.

L.A. fires bring new residents

After the Eaton and Palisades fires broke out in January, Tony Di Zinno, facilities manager at Living Free, drove all the way from the small town of Mountain Center to the Pasadena Humane Society to see how he could help.

“Because of our own experiences of dealing with wildfires — we immediately were like, ‘We gotta do something to help the L.A. County area,’” Sophia Dean, executive director at Living Free, told LAist.

One thing led to another and Di Zinno and team ended up bringing a dog, Esperanza, and kitten, Tommi

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