The city of Malibu is moving to update its zoning laws to speed up the rebuilding process after the Palisades Fire. The new rules will go before the Malibu City Council on Tuesday night.

Divers recently sought evidence of the Palisades fire's underwater toll, particularly its effect on a vital anchor of the coastal ecosystem: kelp.

The fires destroyed structures on 56% of all the properties making up the Pacific Palisades. Nearly half of properties in Altadena were destroyed.

Residents want to restore districts to something like they were, but that conflicts with new affordable housing laws.

So far, official blame has not yet been cast on Southern California Edison Co. for either blaze, with the events of Jan. 7 still under concentrated investigation. However, the fire that made ashes of Altadena appears to have begun under an Edison transmission tower in Eaton Canyon, which stretches into the San Gabriel Mountains north of town.

President Trump, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass rarely are unanimous on anything. But all three have taken steps toward allowing victims of the January firestorms in Los Angeles County to