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Nearly 2,000 Palisades Properties Cleared of Fire Debris, LA Mayor Bass Says
- Mayor Karen Bass announced on May 19, 2025, that nearly 2,000 properties in Pacific Palisades have been cleared of fire debris, marking a key rebuilding step.
- The debris clearing followed the Palisades Fire five months earlier, which reportedly began after fireworks ignited a brush fire known as the Lachman Fire on New Year's Day.
- Investigations by the ATF remain open, with some experts supporting a rekindle theory from a smoldering hot spot linked to the New Year's brush fire, though no final conclusions exist.
- By this week, permits for construction have been granted for 40 different properties, totaling 54 permits, while numerous additional applications remain under review; meanwhile, crews continue daily efforts to accelerate rebuilding throughout the Palisades.
- The rebuilding efforts are progressing rapidly, potentially marking the quickest recovery seen in recent California history, even though local residents remain concerned about the effectiveness of communication and coordination among the various agencies involved in the complex restoration process.
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New Video May Show Ignition of Palisades Fire
YouTube @ ABC7 There’s more possible proof that the Palisades fire was started by an ember from another fire. The San Francisco Chronicle has obtained new video that shows the Palisades fire possibly starting from a rekindling of another fire just a few days earlier. The video has been analyzed by reporters for the paper and several wildfire experts. The Palisades fire started on January 7th, but the video appears to show embers from a small fi…
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Whittier Daily NewsNearly 2,000 Palisades properties cleared of fire debris, LA Mayor Bass says
Mayor Karen Bass speaks with Walter and Alessandra Lopes outside their home that was destroyed during the Palisades Fire and is now being rebuilt in Pacific Palisades on Monday, May 19, 2025. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Mayor Karen Bass after a press conference outside a home that was destroyed during the Palisades Fire and is now being rebuilt in Pacific Palisades on Monday, May 19, 2025. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los…
How Should Los Angeles Rebuild After the Fires?
Karrie Jacobs In the aftermath of this year's catastrophic fires, architects and urban planners begin to consider how to rebuild. The post How Should Los Angeles Rebuild After the Fires? appeared first on The Nation.
As L.A. rebuilds from the Palisades fire, residents ask: What’s the plan?
Carol Parks, the chief of Los Angeles’ Emergency Management Department, sat before a budget committee last year and painted a dire picture. Although tasked with responding to crises in the nation’s most disaster-prone region, her department had received just a tiny fraction of the city’s budget and was getting by with a staff of roughly 30. There was no staffer devoted full-time to disaster recovery, which meant that if an earthquake or major wi…
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