He’s here at sunrise, for the 10th morning in a row, to get the latest updates on the fire and to assign his crew tasks for the day. When the Woolsey Fire tore through our hometown in 2019, it devastated our community and claimed over 1,

Rebuilding after recent fires brings challenges, opportunities, and a vision for a stronger, more sustainable future You can’t write a story about how long it’s gonna take to rebuild from the Palisades Fire without comparing it to the Woolsey Fire.

Reconstructing fire-ravaged neighborhoods in their former image could make residents sitting ducks for future blazes, experts say.

In 1955, the Ventu Park wildfire raged through the canyons above Malibu, burning nearly 14,000 ... This century those hills saw the Woolsey fire, one of the most destructive burns in California history. The Franklin fire, which scorched the hills just ...

Lucy Walker 2021 documentary about California wildfires, “Bring Your Own Brigade,” debuted at Sundance during COVID but is currently available on Paramount+.

To be sure, there is also a special concern for Malibu’s fragile land and marine environment of “unaltered natural resources and rural characteristics,” a description from the preface of the city’s Municipal Code, which calls upon its citizens to protect and preserve these features.

The Los Angeles-area wildfires are exposing California’s difficult road to navigate between disaster risk and solving the state’s housing crisis.

By Scott Dittrich, Opinion Columnist Malibu is not just another small bedroom suburb of L.A. but a thriving beach and hillside community of artists, surfers, and preservationists. It is worth protecting and It pains me to wonder if this dream can ever be fully rebuilt.

Disaster case managers (DCMs) are trained and vetted helpers who support households through a longterm recovery plan, but many nonprofits also offer other types of advocates and caseworkers who can connect survivors to resources and help them navigate applications.

Some schools in the Pasadena area are reopening on Monday following the Eaton Fire, as other schools in the Malibu area close down due to dangerous weather and road conditions. The Pasadena Unified School District announced that campuses will reopen for: The district says all sites were cleaned and sanitized by a specialized contractor and masks will be distributed

Jan. 8, 1:25 p.m. PST The Palisades Fire in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades—an affluent coastal neighborhood—exploded to 15,832 acres, according to Cal Fire, making it the largest fire of the four burning in Los Angeles County as of Wednesday afternoon.

Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared across the Los Angeles area.