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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) plans to ban the use of plants within five feet of residential homes in what are designated as “fire-prone” areas — which could include much of the state of California, given the recent wildfires.

President Donald Trump’s Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner said the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) will “do exactly what it’s called to do” to help victims of the Los Angeles wildfires.

LOS ANGELES, California — Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin told residents of the Pacific Palisades that his agency was “working ’round the clock” to remove hazardous material from the burn area.

Ambassador Ric Grenell told federal, state, and local leaders that he would not tolerate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) criteria slowing down the process of cleaning up and rebuilding after L.A. fires.

Governor Gavin Newsom is heading to the White House on Wednesday to ask President Donald Trump for federal money to address California’s wildfires, after state legislators passed $50 million to fund anti-Trump measures.

Los Angeles high school students staged a walkout of class this week in protest of the ICE raids under President Donald Trump. 

Penelope, a calico cat that had been missing for four weeks since the Palisades Fire, has been reunited with owner Trish Alison after a lengthy search, bringing hope to the members of a family who lost their home in the

California Gov. Gavin Newsom blamed trapped residents of the Pacific Palisades for failing to evacuate from the advancing fire on January 7 — apparently not realizing that they were stuck due to government incompetence.

California Democrats passed $50 million in spending Monday to fight President Donald Trump’s administration and its policies — while also seeking billions of dollars in federal aid to clean up and rebuild after devastating wildfires.

Developer Rick Caruso launched a non-profit organization, “Steadfast L.A.,” on Monday to help the private sector lead the rebuilding effort in communities damaged by the recent fires in the Los Angeles area.

The New York Times has produced a lengthy analysis of the failures of state and local government in the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, California, including the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire (in Altadena and Pasadena).

The landscape in the Temescal Canyon canyon trail is charred almost beyond recognition. And yet, on the canyon floor, life once again defies the odds

Protesters challenging the ongoing ICE raids of illegal immigrants were met with police in riot gear after they shut down traffic in Downtown Los Angeles.

Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Joel Pollak told Elex Michaelson of FOX 11 KTTV on The Issue Is that major players in the Pacific Palisades like Steve Soboroff and Rick Caruso needed to sit down together.

Protesters were seen shutting down traffic on the 101 Freeway in Downtown Los Angeles on Sunday while waving Mexican flags in opposition to ongoing ICE raids in the city and elsewhere in the United States.

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.

A homeowner who evacuated his residence due to the raging Los Angeles wildfires returned home and discovered a 525-pound bear hiding in a crawl space under his house.

During an interview with Fox LA host Elex Michaelson for “The Issue Is” that was released on Friday, Democratic strategist James Carville stated that while protections for the Delta smelt had nothing to do with the devastation from the recent

“This is Us” star Milo Ventimiglia and his wife, model Jarah Mariano, have welcomed their first child after losing their house in the Los Angeles wildfires.

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

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

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.

Jason Oppenheim, star of the Netflix reality TV series “Selling Sunset,” now regrets voting for Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom after his friend experienced a burglary.

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.

Mark Walter, owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, will donate $100 million to the Southern California wildfire recovery effort.

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.

Trump is not wrong, but the problem is more acute than supply: L.A. was not generally short of water; it mismanaged the water supply it already had.

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

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.