Artists’ utopia in ashes: How a little-known ‘misfit community’ called JJU burned down in Altadena

LOS ANGELES — It was an improbable place. An artist collective known as JJU, or John Joyce University, hidden in the foothills of Altadena, resembled a 1960s fever dream of communal living. That such a community could exist in modern Los Angeles was a miracle to those residing there, until — in a single harrowing night — the Eaton fire swallowed it whole. If you haven't heard of it, that's …