Players are invited to register for the “Rebuilding Altadena” fundraiser tournament on Sunday, Sept. 21, at three Burbank venues. Proceeds from the tournament will go toward replacing tennis equipment lost in the Eaton Fire .

Armen Balikyan-Bekian, a senior at St. Francis High School in La Cañada Flintridge, said seeing the fire come close to his home, and knowing people who lost their homes in the January wildfire, made him take action.

“I came up with the idea of a tennis tournament, in which all proceeds would go directly to high school and middle school athletes in the area who lost equipment in the fire,” the varsity tennis player said. “For me, tennis means everything and I know sports does that for many others as well.”

Balikyan-Bekian garnered support from Linda Milan, executi

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