Now harmful chemicals, which may include asbestos, lead, mercury and other heavy metals, are present in the ash that blankets the burn zones. That’s a health hazard for everyone, but especially residents sifting through wreckage without proper protective gear.
Mayor Karen Bass and chief recovery officer Steve Soboroff said the city would soon hire an outside firm to represent the city's interests in wildfire relief efforts.
All Pacific Palisades residents are now allowed to return home for first time since the devastating fire broke out earlier this month.
Housing and land use experts say a Los Angeles city law could require the Pacific Palisades to include “affordable” housing to replace older buildings.
A survivor of the Pacific Palisades fire was in San Francisco to give thanks to the fire station that protected his home from the blaze.
In late January 2024, after a series of rainstorms, a DWP property manager spotted a tear in the reservoir's floating cover, according to internal emails reviewed by The Times.
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Scores of Los Angeles residents have returned to the wildfire-ravaged Pacific Palisades neighborhood after officials began letting people drive back into the scorched community
Scientists from UC San Diego have found loads of ash in Santa Monica Bay since the Palisades Fire. Rain in the forecast could make it worse.
A burned coyote was captured on video roaming the streets in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Sunday. The coyote is a heartbreaking reminder that it's not only humans paying a devastating toll in the recent wildfires.