Out of the Ashes: Altadena Stitches Itself Back Together After Eaton Fire Devastation
The city of Pasadena and its northern neighbor, Altadena, have slowly begun the long and brutal recovery process following the Eaton Fire.

The city of Pasadena and its northern neighbor, Altadena, have slowly begun the long and brutal recovery process following the Eaton Fire.

Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Interior, detailed why dependable coal energy is a national security issue during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

CalFire, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, told Breitbart News on Thursday morning that there are eight confirmed deaths and fifteen people still missing in the Pacific Palisades due to the Palisades Fire.

Niki Dawson and her team are virtually the only civilians walking through the streets of Pacific Palisades today. They are not residents: rather, they are volunteers, looking for pets that owners cannot reach.

Firefighters continued to battle the Palisades Fire into its eighth day on Wednesday, searching for hotspots amid the smoldering ruins that could reignite in strong winds.

A new poll by Rasmussen Reports shows that L.A. Mayor Karen Bass is underwater with voters, with 42% approval and 44% disapproval, in the wake of the wildfires that have destroyed large swathes of the city.

Iconic late-night talk show host Jay Leno whipped up about $21,000 worth of ribs, chicken, and other food to hand out to the emergency workers and volunteers who responded to the raging Los Angeles fires — and he is not done.

Padilla attempted to pick apart Energy Secretary nominee Chris Wright over climate change during a confirmation hearing on Wednesday morning.

The confirmation hearing for Trump’s Energy Secretary pick Chris Wright was interrupted at least five times within the first hour by raging, left-wing climate activists.

Firefighters only responded 45 minutes after a prominent Pacific Palisades resident called 911 on Tuesday morning, January 7, by which time the Palisades Fire had begun burning out of control in high winds, a local resident says.

Rick Caruso, the billionaire developer who ran for Los Angeles mayor in 2022, managed to protect his Palisades Village mall from the Palisades Fire — as well as some other local businesses — but the homes nearby were destroyed.

Attempts to pin the catastrophic California wildfires on the bogeyman of “climate change” are a deflection from the real culprits, the Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote Monday.

Freddie Escobar, the president of the United Firefighters of Los Angeles County (UFLAC), told Breitbart News on Monday that the Palisades Fire was the latest example of the City of Los Angeles being neglected by its leaders.

Firefighters have been battling a fast-moving blaze in Southern California’s Oxnard in Ventura County on Monday night with winds expected to quicken into Tuesday.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has taken criticism for being in Africa at the beginning of the destructive wildfires – something she had previously pledged to avoid.

Billionaire developer Rick Caruso, who saved the Palisades Village mall when everything else in the center of Pacific Palisades burned down in the Palisades Fire, is donating $5 million to the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation.

Green radicals from the Just Stop Oil activist collective defaced Charles Darwin’s grave on Monday, claiming that humanity will not be able to adapt to the supposed climate crisis.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has signed an executive order to suspend regulations that would impede the rebuilding process following the destructive wildfires.

The number of deaths linked to the California wildfires has risen to 24, according to a Sunday evening update from the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner.

Democrat Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey claimed the Los Angeles fires are the result of a climate change “disaster” stoked by President-elect Donald Trump’s embrace of “Big Oil” — and there is more “death” coming as a result.

A Los Angeles firefighter, who wished to remain anonymous, blasted local leaders who cut funding to fire services, telling Breitbart News that the lack of personnel resources and other assets made fighting the Palisades Fire difficult.

FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the wildfires in Southern California are caused by climate change.

An emergency task force arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region on Sunday as an oil spill in the Kerch Strait from two storm-stricken tankers continues to spread a month after it was first detected, officials said.

The death toll from the wildfires tearing through Los Angeles stood at 16 on Sunday morning as crews battled to cut off the spreading blazes. The emergency response continues as potentially strong Santa Ana winds up to 45 mph are forecast to return and push flames toward some of the city’s most famous landmarks.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) revealed that firefighters from Mexico were coming to assist with the ongoing Eaton Fire.

Over 900 prison inmates are among the more than 7,500 emergency personnel fighting the raging wildfires that are devastating portions of Los Angeles, California, state corrections officials said.

Several oil and gas pipelines in the Los Angeles, California, area are “at risk” as multiple large fires rage on across the city, industry analysts are warning.

Insurance industry leaders are shooting back at Vice President Kamala Harris’s claim that insurers have abandoned “a lot of the families who have been affected and will be affected” by the Los Angeles wildfires, arguing that it was a “false, wrong and dangerous” statement.

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power CEO Janisse Quiñones had knowledge that the Santa Ynez Reservoir was offline, and that fire hydrants were not working, according to a recent report.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) called for an “independent investigation” into why the Santa Ynez Reservoir was offline when the wildfires in the Los Angeles area began.

If there is anyone who can rebuild the fire-ravaged areas of California, it is Donald Trump. This is his moment, and his task.

I’m dedicating this column to the anonymous neighbors who helped me save our house. My family and I evacuated quickly on Tuesday morning, taking two days’ worth of clothing, our essential documents, and little else. We knew right away that

A Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades fire in Los Angeles had to be grounded Thursday after it hit a civilian drone in the smoke-filled skies above the blaze, local fire department officials said.

Wildfires laying waste to vast areas of Los Angeles have now claimed 10 lives and devoured nearly 10,000 structures, with five fires still burning Friday as dry desert winds fanning the flames regathered strength. One estimate of the damage and economic loss already caused by the catastrophic fires stands at $135-$150 billion.

Breitbart News visited the aftermath of the Eaton Fire in Altadena just to the north of Pasadena on Thursday; neighborhoods reduced to ash.

A family in Altadena went viral this week with video of them singing Christian hymns over the rubble of their home that burned in the Eaton fire just north of Pasadena near Los Angeles.

The Palisades Village, a mall developed by Rick Caruso, is one of the only commercial structures still standing in the center of fire-torn Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles — and the mall appears to have sustained only minor damage.

The Kenneth Fire in the area near Woodland Hills on the southwest side of the San Fernando Valley has reportedly grown since erupting.

Former NASCAR driver Danica Patrick has voiced skepticism at reports that there simply is not enough water to fight the Los Angeles, California, wildfires, pointing out that the way the state is “managed” is to blame.

Aerial footage captured by local news drones shows the devastating damage done by the raging Pacific Palisades fire in the ritzy Los Angeles neighborhood, revealing a post-apocalyptic landscape of destroyed homes.
