The Palisades Fire is a wildfire that began burning in the Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles County on January 7, 2025, destroying large areas of Pacific Palisades, Topanga, and Malibu. One of a series of wildfires in Southern California driven by Santa Ana winds, it has burned 23,448 acres (9,489 ha; 94.89 km 2; 36.638 sq mi), killed 11 people, and destroyed 6,770 …

1 day ago · 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.

LOS ANGELES — As the charred hills of Pacific Palisades continue to smolder and rainstorms approach, investigators are racing to uncover the origins of the devastating Jan. 7 fire that killed 11 ...

1 day ago · Weeks after fire ravaged LA's Pacific Palisades, residents return to dig for mementos Scores of Los Angeles residents have returned to the wildfire-ravaged Pacific Palisades neighborhood after ...

Jan 7, 2025 · MAL-C111-A, MAL-C112-B, RMB-U030-B: Law Enforcement will only do escorts between 12 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Escorts will take place at Mslibu Pier Parking Lot, 23000 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu.

Jan 13, 2025 · In the hills above Pacific Palisades, there is crime scene tape and scattered debris, clues to what may have caused the initial fire that eventually raged through thousands of structures.

Jan 8, 2025 · As the catastrophic Palisades fire receded from one of the city’s iconic thoroughfares, smoke and ash rendered the once-picturesque landscape into something oddly lunar. There were charred...

Jan 11, 2025 · Residents and hikers first saw it as a modest brush fire looming in the parched scrubland. But whipped by winds that hit 60 mph, the flames rapidly rolled over the mountainside and roared...

Jan 7, 2025 · Pacific Coast Highway between Topanga Beach and Santa Monica is only open to Los Angeles City residents entering the Pacific Palisades evacuation zones. Los Angeles Police Department is conducting escorts to those residents between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Jan 11, 2025 · The unprecedented scale of the destruction in Pacific Palisades came into horrifying focus Thursday from a fire that flattened a large swath of the community, rendering it unrecognizable.