Pacific Palisades

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is being challenged over her decision to spotlight a developer project as the “first home rebuilt” after the devastating Palisades fire, even though records show the project was planned and initiated before the blaze but formally permitted only after the original home was destroyed.

A lawsuit filed by over 3,000 Pacific Palisades residents has alleged the state of California failed to properly monitor the embers from a smoldering fire set by an arsonist roughly six days before it grew into the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is continuing a familiar pattern of shifting attention away from the Pacific Palisades fire, this time focusing on climate change and insurance access instead of addressing his administration’s role in the disaster.

U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-WS) and Rick Scott (R-FL) led a hearing Thursday where testimony from victims of the devastating and deadly fires that swept across California’s Pacific Palisades was heard, including horrifying accounts from reality TV star Spencer Pratt.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass demanded an investigation of the Palisades Fire on Friday, after text messages revealed that city firefighters abandoned the burn scar of a January 1 fire with smoldering roots that later re-ignited.

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Story Is,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass stated that the failure to pre-deploy firefighters to the Palisades was a crucial factor in the dismissal of Kristin Crowley as chief of the LAFD, but “we

Firefighters from the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) warned that a burn scar from a January 1 fire, which ignited the Palisades Fire on January 7, was not fully extinguished — but they were told to leave.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 79 on Friday, which fast-tracks high-rise development within half a mile of transportation hubs, provoking fears that the state would pursue densification in fire-ravaged areas.

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.

The suspected arsonist arrested this week in connection to the Palisades fire allegedly ranted about President Trump and climate change.

Jonathan Rinderknecht allegedly burned a bible prior to setting off the Palisades fire that took over 6,000 homes and 12 innocent lives. 

Residents of the Pacific Palisades reacted Wednesday to news of the arrest of an alleged arsonist in the January 7 Palisades Fire by noting that the arrest raises more questions about city and state fire responses.

The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) released its official after-action report on the Palisades Fire on Wednesday — and it completely omits any mention of the empty Santa Ynez reservoir during the fire.

A man was arrested Tuesday as a suspect in setting the deadly Pacific Palisades fire in Los Angeles that claimed 12 lives and destroyed more than 6,000 homes in January.

Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) said Wednesday that the Senate could subpoena California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to explain state and local failures during the Palisades Fire in January, which devastated northwest Los Angeles.

Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) announced Monday that they are launching a Senate investigation into the Palisades Fire in January, and are demanding Gov. Gavin Newsom’s cooperation.

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.

The fire-ravaged community of Pacific Palisades notched a political victory Tuesday when Governor Gavin Newsom (D) agreed to issue an executive order exempting fire zones from urban densification legislation.

Money raised by Hollywood for victims of the Los Angeles fires through FireAid went to some worthy causes – and some controversial nonprofit groups.

Questions are being raised about how the roughly $100 million raised by “Fire Aid” concerts in the aftermath of the Los Angeles fires earlier this year is being spent — with some claiming victims are receiving nothing.

Zohran Mamdani has everyone worried about socialism in New York — but thanks to Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass, it’s already here, in L.A.

Los Angeles City Council Member Traci Park warned Tuesday that there are “some elected officials” and “corporate developers” who want to exploit the Palisades Fire to change the community for their own ends.

Local residents were outraged Tuesday after the California State Senate passed legislation that would create a new layer of local government to buy burned lots in L.A. for the purpose of building low-income housing.

California Governor (and podcaster) Gavin Newsom is focused on anything but rebuilding the communities devastated by the Palisades and Eaton fires six months ago, obsessed instead with his presidential ambitions.

A blue-ribbon commission established by Los Angeles County after the Palisades and Eaton Fires suggests creating new local authorities for the Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and Altadena to manage their own rebuilding.

Rick Caruso shared a report Saturday that alleges the Palisades Fire was manageable, implying local officials failed in their duties.

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) did not order police to enforce traffic violations harshly within the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades, according to a spokesman on Sunday, despite claims to the contrary.

Four months after a devastating fire scorched the Santa Monica mountains above Pacific Palisades, wildlife are returning to the area, as green shoots draw herbivores back into the blackened hills and silted canyons.

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.”

Developer Rick Caruso warned Wednesday that Los Angeles is at the “tipping point” of failure in the effort to recover from the Palisades Fire, adding that the private sector should be given a greater role in the recovery.

Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large and In-house Counsel Joel B. Pollak received a “Hero Award” from the Pali Strong Foundation for his coverage and assistance to the community during the Palisades Fire.

Developer and philanthropist Rick Caruso called on Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to fire L.A. Department of Water and Power (LAWDP) CEO Janisse Quiñones on Monday, citing failure to maintain a key reservoir.

The 117-million-gallon Santa Ynez Reservoir, which was almost empty when the Palisades Fire struck western Los Angeles in January, must be drained again after new cracks were found in the floating cover.

A group of a dozen residents of Pacific Palisades and Malibu are suing Los Angeles, and specifically the L.A. Department of Water and Power (LADWP), for negligence in the recent wildfires that destroyed their homes.