Pacific Palisades

The grim lesson of the devastating wildfires in California over the past week, which turned my community into ruins, is clear: private services work, and public services do not.

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.

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.

Gabby Giffords’ gun control group, Giffords, suggested Tuesday the Palisades fire and subsequent investigation into how it started ought to make Republican House Members back away from their push to defund and/or abolish the ATF.

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.

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.

A Pacific Palisades reservoir was closed when wildfires swept the area and devastated the community, officials told the Los Angeles Times.

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

The Palisades fire in California, spanning more than 20,000 acres, is only eight percent contained, according to the latest update from CalFire.

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

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.

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.

On Thursday on MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” host Katie Tur showed viewers the devastation left by the wildfires in Pacific Palisades, the neighborhood of Los Angeles she grew up in.

California residents have been struggling with insurance companies that dropped thousands of policies before this week’s wildfires. 

Breitbart News’s Jon Kahn, the singer/songwriter behind the #1 hit Trump tribute song “Fighter,” spoke with Fox & Friends’ Ainsley Earhardt about the loss of his home in the Palisades fire and how he’s “leaning into faith” to get up and continue fighting just like the words of his hit song.

Dozens of abandoned cars still line Sunset Boulevard near the Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades, where terrified residents who were stuck in traffic during the evacuation were forced to run for their lives.

Religious buildings were not spared the wrath of the Palisades Fire on Tuesday and Wednesday in Los Angeles, with many churches damaged and destroyed.

Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Joel B. Pollak spent Wednesday afternoon reporting from the Palisades fire — and spent an hour time trying to save his own home.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the renowned actress and comedienne who co-starred in Seinfeld and played the Vice President in Veep, lost her home in the Huntington neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, California, during the Palisades fire.

Far-left activists from Code Pink are being accused of exploiting tragedy after linking California’s devastating wildfires to the conflict in Gaza, claiming both are fueled by policies targeting indigenous lands and broader environmental neglect.

The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) has used their precious time and funds to attend LGBTQ Pride events and to hold Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training seminars under the leadership of its first female chief, prompting backlash as the department struggles to fight devastating wildfires.

Actor James Woods joined the growing chorus of public criticism against Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley for her handling of the out-of-control wildfires in Pacific Palisades and other portions of the county, noting her stated priority of promoting DEI within the department.

Biden received a briefing from first responders and officials at Santa Monica Fire Station #5 in California about the Santa Ana wind-fueled wildfires ravaging Los Angeles.

The city is currently battling five wildfires, including three major fires that have devoured thousands of acres, destroyed more than 1,000 structures, and left two people dead, according to officials.

An estimated 1,000 structures have been destroyed in the Santa Ana wind-fueled wildfire ravaging the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, officials said.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D), who was on a trip to Ghana when fire engulfed large portions of the city, cut nearly $20 million from the city’s budget for fire services for the current fiscal year — and proposed even more cuts.

CalFire, the California Department of Forestry & Fire Prevention, has released a 3D interactive map that offers a detailed look at the multiple fires raging around Los Angeles. The map shows the perimeter of the Palisades fire and evacuation zones for multiple other fires in Los Angeles.

Raging wildfires that broke out in various regions of Los Angeles, CA, Tuesday and Wednesday are spreading across the region due to extreme winds, causing historic destruction of homes and displacing thousands of people.

Hollywood studios cancelled film premieres and actor award nominations on Tuesday night as wild winds drove fires across Los Angeles and tens of thousands of resident were forced to flee for their lives.

Fire broke out in West Hollywood, California, on Tuesday just off Los Angeles’s famous Sunset Boulevard amid the ongoing windstorm that exacerbated a wildfire in the Pacific Palisades.

Actor Steve Guttenberg, best known for his starring turns in the “Police Academy” series along with other 1980s favorites like “Short Circuit” and “Cocoon,” was seen helping firefighters clear the roads of abandoned cars during the horrific Pacific Palisades wildfire in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

A massive multi-hundred-acre fire has engulfed the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, forcing evacuations of the area.

Over 100 parents signed a letter to Palisades Charter High School principal Dr. Pam Magee on Monday, outraged over a chaotic response to a school shooting threat that saw some students evacuate while others stayed behind.

Students evacuated Palisades Charter High School in Pacific Palisades, California, on Monday, just as police investigated a separate, potential threat on social media to neighboring Santa Monica High School