US EditionOne Year After California Wildfires, Progress Is Slow in Rebuilding
Rebuilding after the Jan. 2025 Los Angeles wildfires is slowed by insurance disputes and financial hurdles, with 417 homes under construction, Mayor Karen Bass said.
- On Jan. 7, 2025, multiple wildfires swept Los Angeles, California, killing an estimated 440 people and destroying over 16,000 homes across more than 55,000 acres.
- A small morning blaze in Pacific Palisades was reported at about 10 acres near Palisades Drive shortly after 11 a.m. and exploded in size within four hours.
- Evacuation orders forced residents to flee as motorists jammed roads, and by 8 p.m. the fire had doubled in size with a plume visible miles away.
- A year later, community members are still working to rebuild and recover, and Pacific Palisades Community Council and NORC found residents eager to return but facing barriers, with Benz stating it’s 'This research provides detailed evidence of the complex decisions residents face about returning and rebuilding after the wildfires,' and Schwarz calling for stronger local involvement.
- Across the county the Eaton Fire started at 6:17 p.m., grounding firefighting aircraft, while the Palisades Fire burned for 31 days and the Eaton Fire for 25 days.
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After devastating fires, L.A. made one part of rebuilding easy. There’s much more to do
By Ben Christopher In the days immediately after last January’s Los Angeles firestorm, state lawmakers and civic leaders promised to turbocharge the rebuilding effort. For California, where the permitting and construction of homes is infamously slow and costly, the scale of destruction stood as a singular challenge. A year later, the charred homes, the melted appliances and the toxic ash have mostly been removed, the dirt beneath scraped and the…
One Year Later: Florida, Wisconsin Senators Slam ‘Zero Accountability’ As California Wildfire Probe Heats Up
It has been exactly one year since the Palisades Fire tore through communities in California, claiming 12 lives and leaving a trail of destruction that residents are still working to repair. Marking the grim anniversary on Wednesday, U.S. Senators Rick Scott and Ron Johnson issued a blistering critique of state and local recovery efforts, announcing […] One Year Later: Florida, Wisconsin Senators Slam ‘Zero Accountability’ As California Wildfire…
Fire Survivors Mourn, Remember Efforts to Recover On First Anniversary of Fire Breakouts
One year ago Wednesday, the lives of thousands of Southern California residents were thrown into turmoil amid punishing, hurricane-force Santa Ana winds that drove a pair of massive wildfires through heavily populated neighborhoods, killing more than two dozen people and permanently changing the local landscape. A year after the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires, many survivors are still picking up the pieces from the destruction, while othe…
Amid charred lots and lumber, Palisades residents share struggles of the rebuild
Mark Smith lived in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles for eight years with his partner, who lived there for more than 40. In an instant, it was gone. Their home on Michael Lane went up in flames when the Palisades Fire tore through west LA a year ago, and the pain lingers one year later. Any smell of the few remaining charred vehicles had been tamped down by weeks of heavy rain in the area.. Construction workers fill the air with…
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