1 year later, Los Angeles rebuilds
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Flags at government buildings in California were ordered to half-staff Wednesday for a day of remembrance one year after the deadly wildfires in Los Angeles County. Jan. 7 marks 12 months since the start of the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades and the Eaton Fire in Altadena.
Chilling videos and images captured the first night the Eaton and Palisades first erupted in Los Angeles County on Jan. 7, 2025.
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'People are still struggling': Families face economic, health challenges 1 year after Los Angeles County fires
Rebuilding is slowly underway following the deadly Los Angeles County wildfires in January 2025, but many families still face delays with permits and insurance as health and economic impacts come into focus.
Molly Coogan always had a go-bag packed. Her in-laws’ home had burned in the Nuns Fire in Sonoma County in 2017, and she and her husband knew wildfire risk all too well. But like most people with an emergency kit tucked away, she believed, almost out of desperation, that she’d never actually use it.
One year after the 2025 wildfires, LA Mayor Karen Bass faces renewed criticism over her Ghana trip and LAFD budget cuts as residents seek accountability and recovery.
Fewer than a dozen homes have been rebuilt in Los Angeles County since Jan. 7, 2025, when the Palisades and Eaton fires erupted, killing 31 people and destroying about 13,000 homes and other residential properties.
The utility received 1,500 applications for its Eaton fire compensation program and only paid out 82 after close to two months.
Entrepreneurs with a fire suppression technology developed by a NASA engineer wants to prevent a repeat of L.A. wildfires by extinguishing fires with sound waves.