Schools in the Pasadena Unified School District will be reopened in phases over a two-week period in the aftermath of the deadly Eaton Fire.

State officials say around 850 patients and residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and group homes were evacuated after the blazes last week.

The wind-driven Eaton fire swept through Altadena and Pasadena, destroying homes and forcing the closure of five Pasadena Unified School District campuses. Among those displaced are families,

Pasadena Unified School District officials said Thursday that they aims to return all students to in-person learning by the end of January, but offered few details about the plan.