Two months after the Palisades fire, customers of Malibu businesses have been displaced or blocked by restrictions on Pacific Coast Highway. Restaurants and shops tell the world they're open for business.

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.

The California Coastal Commission has notably been a major hindrance in recovery from natural disasters, such as the 2018 Woolsey Fire that devastated much of Malibu.

For the lucky few of us who grew up during the 1950s in Southern California, the non-stop coverage of the massive wildfire was impossible to watch.

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.

As cleanup efforts focus on land, marine experts warn of the Palisades Fire’s hidden toll on beaches and ocean life As the Environmental Protection Agency removes hazardous materials from fire-devastated Malibu coastal properties afflicted by the assault of the Palisades Fire,

President Trump and Secretary Burgum should take over the disaster areas, help victims rebuild, and stiff the grifters and the state and local governments.