Altadenan’s 700-mile Fire Walk raises $7,688 for Eaton Fire Collaborative

His first glimpse of Paradise was a sign.

For Demitri “Demi” Camperos, 31, of Altadena, the giant wooden sign that read “May you find Paradise to be all its name implies” was dwarfed by the 20 or so people standing underneath it, eager to show him a happy welcome.

After all, Camperos was taking his final steps on a 700-mile (on foot) walk from Altadena to another town ravaged by wildfire, raising funds for the Eaton Fire Collaborative , a coalition of more than 150 nonprofits and agencies dedicated to wildfire recovery.

“I was very tired physically, and emotionally, I was just all over the place, but I was also grounded in a sense because the joy of all the people in Paradise was really, really fantastic,” Camperos said.

Paradise Mayor Steve Crowder waited for Camperos to arrive wi