New Delay in Palisades Fire Arson Trial

Evacuation Warnings Extended for Residents in Fire Burn Areas

YouTube@NBCLA Southern California residents near the Palisades and Eaton fires burn areas are being told to continue to stay out of their homes over concerns of mudslides.  The city of Los Angeles has extended the current evacuation warnings for those living in the burn areas with more rain in the forecast today and tomorrow.  A series of mountain road closures have been in effect in Los Angeles County since Monday as heavy rain flooded numerou…

New delay in Palisades fire arson trial

Prosecutors and defense attorneys have asked a federal judge in Los Angeles to postpone the start of the Palisades fire arson trial until June. The defense for Jonathan Rinderknecht says in new court filings it has approximately 5 terabytes of investigative material provided by the government to review, investigate, and analyze, and it needs more time to prepare. The US...

Eaton and Palisades fire refugees moved near and far

Last year's Palisades and Eaton fires sent thousands of families on a quest for shelter. Some stayed near and moved often. Others found stable lodging, some as far away as New York and Florida.

Flash floods close Topanga Canyon, PCH in burn zones

Rainstorms Monday brought mudslides and debris flows to recovery work zones along Topanga Canyon Boulevard/State Route 27 and Pacific Coast Highway in the Palisades Fire burn area.The 3.6-mile stretch of SR-27 between PCH and Grand View Drive was closed after crews identified at least eight locations where debris flows blocked the roadway.Monday's storms also damaged a section of wall on northbound PCH just north of Porto Marina Way, reducing th…

Experts discuss how bioremediation can cleanse your fire-affected land

Bioremediation can be a less expensive but longer process  After a group of local scientists from UCLA, USC, and other nonprofits — calling themselves CONSORTIUM (Community-Oriented Network for Scientific Observation, Recovery, and Tracking of Impacts from Urban Megafires) — released initial findings after a year of testing for toxins in the Eaton and Palisades burn scar areas, the group presented insights on how to remediate properties affected…