Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,448 acres after being active for 19 days. A crew of 1,043 firefighters has been working on site and they managed to contain 90% of the fire by Sunday evening. The blaze's cause remains under investigation.

California's homebuilding industry faces a daunting task, and opportunity, in the aftermath of LA's wildfires.

As devastating wildfires fanned by powerful winds ravaged Los Angeles in January 2025, a video of a street shrouded in smoke was shared in social media posts with a false claim that it was filmed in the United States' second-biggest city.

A new wildfire was reported today at 1:52 a.m. in Los Angeles County. The wildfire has been burning on private land. There is no update on the containment progress of the fire and its cause has not yet been determined.

The Eaton and Palisades fires have consumed more than 37,000 acres of homes, businesses and landmarks in Altadena and Pacific Palisades.

California should, then, follow a University of Chicago conclusion: “Wildfire emissions need to be a key part of climate policy if California is going to meet its emission reduction goals.” Instead, Newsom and company use climate change as an excuse, suggesting in essence that their hands are tied until we reverse the Earth’s climate trajectory.

In the era when American cities regularly caught fire, the widespread destruction seeded what looks, in retrospect, like possibility.

Los Angeles, United States - January 26, 2025 01/26/2025 03:00 pm (GMT-0800) PACIFIC PALISADES, LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Palisades Drive is under a hard closure after being covered by a massive mudflow drawing debris from the wildfire burn area.