All that remains of Masjid Al-Taqwa is a sign that bears its name. The mosque burned to the ground in one of the Los Angeles area's deadliest fires in January - leaving the congregation heartbrok.

Junaid Aasi, center, a volunteer imam at Masjid Al-Taqwa, leads a prayer during a community gathering to discuss plans for Ramadan, held for members of the burned Altadena mosque, at a school in ...

Now, all that remains of Masjid Al Taqwa — the first mosque in the Altadena-Pasadena area — are soot, ash and charred twisted skeletons of chairs. A sign proclaiming the mosque’s name stands ...