Palisades Fire, Pacific Coast Highway
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The Palisades Fire forced Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu to shut down for months. Now, just in time for Memorial Day Weekend, PCH is back open.
Though PCH will once again welcome traffic, the Pacific Palisades will remain closed to the public, with law enforcement checkpoints.
The footage shows a different fire burning in what looks to be the exact same spot as where investigators believe the Palisades Fire sparked on Jan. 7.
Topanga Canyon Boulevard/ State Route 27 reopened to the public Friday morning after a closure due to the Palisades Fire. The boulevard reopened to the public at 8 a.m. on Friday from Pacific Coast Highway to Grand View Drive.
Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,448 acres after being active for four months. As of Tuesday noon, the fire has been fully contained. Investigations into its cause are still ongoing.
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Los Angeles Magazine on MSNPCH to Reopen Friday for First Time Since Palisades FireCharred ruins of homes and palm trees line the Pacific Coast Highway after the Palisades Fire, which has claimed over 23,000 acres and 10,000 structures in its wake. An 11-mile stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway will reopen Friday for the first time since the Palisades Fire.
To supplement the city's bare-bones emergency management team, Mayor Karen Bass turned to an Illinois-based disaster recovery firm, Hagerty Consulting, inking a yearlong contract for up to $10 million.
Firefighters knocked down a house fire Wednesday in Pacific Palisades. The fire was burning in the 1100 block of North Las Pulgas Place in the Los Angeles County coastal community. Details about how the attic fire started were not immediately available.
The Getty Villa, a museum of classical antiquity set in the hills on the Los Angeles coast, is set to reopen after a months-long closure.