The city of Santa Monica has lifted all evacuation warnings and curfew within city limits, as fire crews continue to make progress in containing the Palisades Fire. City officials announced evacuation warnings would be lifted in all areas of Santa Monica north of San Vicente Boulevard.
A quick-moving wildfire broke out in the eastern Santa Monica Mountains on Tuesday morning amid extremely dangerous fire weather conditions in Southern California. Evacuations were issued near the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades.
Firefighters say 30,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. Over 100 vehicles were abandoned on the street as people attempted to evacuate on foot.
After killing at least nine people, the Palisades Fire continues to burn as residents remain under evacuation orders and warnings, with the next Santa Ana wind event continuing fire danger.
The sole population of Southern California steelhead in the coastal range has survived flames and drought but finds itself facing another threat.
The Santa Monica Police Department arrested a dozen burglary suspects, all of whom live outside the Santa Monica area.
School officials issued a closure notice, urging the community to "avoid the area and adhere to all evacuation orders."
Rain might bring relief from wildfires searing County but could spell disaster for the only known population of Southern California steelhead trout in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Coverage of the fires ravaging Altadena, Malibu, Pacific Palisades and Pasadena, including stories about the devastation, issues firefighters faced and the weather.
Evacuation orders are in place in the Pacific Palisades after a brush fire broke out in the area this morning.
The Palisades Fire, which erupted on Tuesday, rapidly ballooned in size to cover more than 2,900 acres. Two new blazes—the Eaton Fire near Altadena and the Hurst Fire in Sylmar—also erupted late Tuesday. A Jewish Temple has been destroyed in Pasadena.