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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass backed down Saturday night in the face of pressure from residents, reversing a decision to open the Pacific Palisades to general traffic before most locals had been able to visit their own property.

Comedian Billy Crystal made an appearance at the FireAid benefit concert in Los Angeles on Thursday where he delivered a heartfelt speech.

Charity isn’t just about generosity. It’s about the connections between us, an acknowledgment that we need each other.

Soboroff: “The reconstruction costs are going to be high … whether or not half our labor gets deported before this [rebuilding] happens.”

At least three wildfires have ignited near towns in North Carolina still recovering from the devastating and deadly Hurricane Helene. 

Billionaire developer Rick Caruso has formed a non-profit organization to rebuild the Pacific Palisades as it was — without the “affordable housing” and density that the State of California and City of Los Angeles may demand.

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chairman Elon Musk demanded Wednesday that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass be recalled over her mishandling of the recent fires and her decision to hire an “outside consultant” to help rebuild.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) plans to build a long-delayed and controversial power distribution station on land between residential homes and the local public school in Pacific Palisades, Breitbart News has learned.

Actor Kelsey Grammer issued a scathing critique of Los Angeles officials this week, saying they “took their eye off the ball.”

California, which prides itself on leading the effort to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, is emitting massive amounts of carbon due to wildfires, losing six times more carbon from federal land than any other state in the past 17 years.

Los Angeles County has closed beaches running from southern Malibu through Santa Monica for several days due to runoff from the Palisades Fire, which may contain “toxic or carcinogenic chemicals” washed down the hillsides.

A Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) source told Breitbart News on Tuesday that there were not enough officers available to direct traffic and assist the evacuation from the Palisades Fire because they were guarding President Joe Biden.

Steve Soboroff, whom L.A. Mayor Karen Bass has appointed to lead recovery efforts for the city after the Palisades Fire, told Breitbart News at a community meeting Tuesday: “I want to work with Trump!”

Mayor Karen Bass joined a community meeting about the recent L.A. fires on Tuesday that opened with a denunciation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which had nothing to do with the natural disaster.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has decided that fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades will be built by an “outside consultant.”

Residents of Pacific Palisades, California, were finally given permission by local authorities to return to visit their fire-ravaged lots and homes after President Donald Trump intervened at a town hall on Friday and urged a speedy return.

The American people expressed their priorities during the last election, with a key element of the “America First” agenda being fiscal responsibility. Billions of dollars in spending have become routine in every area of government, a level of expenditure that, for the average citizen, feels as unattainable as a trip to the moon.The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is a prime example.

New video evidence appears to show that the devastating Eaton Fire, which destroyed most of Altadena and parts of northern Pasadena, may have originated with Southern California Edison (SCE) transmission towers in the San Gabriel Mountains.

“Where is Steve Soboroff?” That’s the question many Pacific Palisades residents are asking after the developer, whom L.A. Mayor Karen Bass appointed to lead rebuilding efforts, has been absent from public meetings on the recent fire.

A man in Altadena proposed to his girlfriend on the spot after finding his engagement ring in the ashes of his charred home following the Eaton Fire.

After Trump told Karen Bass on Friday that a week is “actually a long time” to wait, L.A. backed down and allowed residents to visit their homes, starting Monday.

Incoming rain may help the areas of California devastated by recent fires, however, it could also cause more danger.

President Donald Trump’s meeting Friday with residents of the Pacific Palisades and elected officials produced specific commitments.

Residents of the Pacific Palisades flocked home on Saturday after President Donald Trump’s visit the day before, with many gaining access to their property for the first time since the Palisades Fire more than two weeks ago.

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.

Oscars host Conan O’Brien says he’s still unable to live in his home due to the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles and that the show’s organizers “want to be sensitive to what’s happened” to residents.

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.

A plurality of registered voters say California’s state and local government’s responses to wildfires have been “poor,” according to a poll obtained exclusively by Breitbart News ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to Los Angeles County, which has been ravaged by fires for weeks.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Thursday providing $2.5 billion dollars in relief for the wildfires — though almost all of the money will go to emergency response, and only a tiny fraction is earmarked for rebuilding.

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) accused President Donald Trump of spreading “misinformation” about California’s struggles with water, saying there is no “spigot” that can be turned to solve all the state’s water problems.

Reality television stars Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag have filed a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles and the DWP.

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) will not meet with President Donald Trump during his visit Friday to see the devastation of the wildfires in California, saying he must stay in Washington, DC, for nomination votes rather than helping his state.

President Trump, we really appreciate the visit. But what we need most after you leave is some tough love.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to make the first trip of his second term on Friday, when he will visit victims of natural disasters in North Carolina and California that, many believe, were worsened by government incompetence.

President Donald Trump’s imminent visit to fire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday will bring him into direct contact — and conflict — with Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass, both of whom have failed to protect the city.