The greatest loss exacted by the firestorm that tore through my Palisades neighborhood on January 7, 2025, was not the buildings and possessions the flames consumed; it was something far more important.
One year ago, on the night of January 7, 2025, a devastating windstorm raged across the Los Angeles area, providing fuel to the most destructive wildfires in the city’s history — the Eaton Fire in Altadena and the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades. Breitbart News visited the site of the Eaton Fire on the eve of its anniversary, where the historic city of Altadena has been reduced to a land of empty lots with little reconstruction.
One year ago, Breitbart’s own Jon Kahn, the singer-songwriter behind the Trump-inspired, Billboard-topping “Fighter,” lost his home of more than 20 years in the Palisades fires. Now he is channeling that devastation into a stirring new song and video, “After It Burns,”
During an interview with MS NOW Senior Political and National Reporter Jacob Soboroff released on Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) discussed recovery from the fires in the state and said that “2,500 permits have been approved within the first year.
During an interview with MS NOW Senior Political and National Reporter Jacob Soboroff released on Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) responded to a question on what qualities he demonstrated in response to fires in the state that are good ones
Scores of fire survivors plan to gather on the one-year anniversary of the devastating Pacific Palisades wildfire to pose questions to California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass — but so far there’s no word that they will show up to answer them.
A sign appeared on a float in the iconic Rose Bowl parade New Year’s Day demanding an investigation into the Eaton fire, which burned 9,000 homes and killed 19 in Altadena almost a year ago.
In the wake of the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, the Halpin family went viral in a video of them singing the “Regina Caeli,” a Catholic hymn to the Virgin Mary in Latin, over the rubble of their historic home; nearly one year later, they returned to the reconstruction site to sing the hymn once again as a priest blessed their home.
The L.A. deputy mayor whose job overseeing the fire department was left empty prior to the deadly Palisades wildfire because he had been suspended has been sentenced to a year’s probation.
Spencer Pratt is going to Washington D.C. and taking along with him his crusade to highlight the failures to respond to the L.A. Fires.
I’m feeling more confident in America than I have in a while, and that’s for two reasons.
Insurance executives testify before the House Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census on Tuesday, May 13.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon complained of the Democrats’ bureaucratic “blue tape” plaguing the Southern California post-fire rebuilding efforts, claiming the left-wing officials in control want “more and more and more regulations.”
Survivors of the Eaton Fire, which torched its way through Altadena and parts of Pasadena in January, have called out State Farm for alleged mishandling of insurance claims.
Fresh off the release of the mega viral song “Fingerprints,” Singer/songwriter Jon Kahn went on Steve Bannon’s “WarRoom” to discuss how his walk with God began, the evolution of the song, and how trials, tribulations, and a season of loss inspired its release.
Residents in California are criticizing insurance companies over the lack of support they have been receiving, months after the Los Angeles area wildfires occurred.
With his latest release “Fingerprints,” Kahn takes listeners on an emotional musical journey that traces the origins of the faith he initially felt but denied as a young boy, only to embrace as a man.
The House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management holds a hearing on reforming the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Tuesday, March 25.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced an extension of its foreclosure moratorium for homes in the areas impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires.
The Senate Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology holds a hearing on preventing wildfires after the California fires that devastated neighborhoods around Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Steve Carell is sending Southern California high school students affected by the devasting wildfires in Los Angeles to the prom for free.
The House Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology holds a hearing on reforming FEMA on Tuesday, March 4.
Farmers Insurance estimated that it would lose roughly $600 million as a result of the Los Angeles area wildfires that occurred in California at the beginning of the year.
The fourteen people who lost their lives in the New Year’s terror attack after a terrorist drove a pickup through a crowd of people on Bourbon Street were honored during Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Louisiana, between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) has brought in an Illinois consulting firm headed by a far-left politician who took part in a George Soros-funded mayors’ program, appointed his city’s first chief equity officer, and signed a resolution to recognize that his city’s land was stolen from Native Americans by “white colonizers” to help the post-fire recovery process.
Ric Grenell slammed Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s fire “recovery czar” for his large three-month salary of $500,000 paid by charity groups.
President Donald Trump’s Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner said the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) will “do exactly what it’s called to do” to help victims of the Los Angeles wildfires.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is rolling out a massive five-pillar initiative for his first 100 days in the role, he told Breitbart News exclusively.
A homeowner who evacuated his residence due to the raging Los Angeles wildfires returned home and discovered a 525-pound bear hiding in a crawl space under his house.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The FireAid benefit was fueled by some of music’s best performers to raise money for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief efforts.
Mark Walter, owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, will donate $100 million to the Southern California wildfire recovery effort.
President Donald Trump announced on Monday night that he sent the military to California and used his emergency powers.
Former ‘Million Dollar Listing’ star and Los Angeles real estate agent Josh Altman said Friday on Fox Business Network’s “Varney Co.” a lack of adequate home insurance was the main reason 70% of Pacific Palisades residents won’t return.
A heartwarming clip of First Lady Melania Trump speaking in her native language while comforting victims of the Los Angeles wildfires has gone viral, with social media users praising the sweet moment.
President Donald Trump reportedly plans to lift federal regulations on Monday to expedite the rebuilding of Los Angeles County, which has been ravaged by wildfires.
President Donald Trump said those who lost their homes in the Los Angeles County fires should be entitled to a ten to fifteen percent bonus on their house, declaring it is not their fault their homes burned down.
President Donald Trump travels to Los Angeles, California, to meet with officials in the wake of devastating wildfires in the area on Friday, January 24.
California Democrat Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas warned President Trump not to “play politics” with federal fire aid.
An uninvited California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will be standing on the tarmac with hand outstretched anyway to greet President Donald Trump when his plane lands to begin a visit of the fire-ravaged Los Angeles area on Friday afternoon.
Measuring the aftereffects of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires has just begun, and results show that the city’s air quality has been drastically lowered to toxic levels.
