"Fog shrouded the ruins still standing at the center of the Pacific Palisades on a morning in December, a once-vibrant Los Angeles community decimated by flames. Melted newsstands that distributed the Palisadian-Post, an almost century-old paper that ceased operating in the fire's wake, sit on crumbled concrete. Weeds spread over an expanse of emptied lots, painting the blackened foundations and chimneys with swaths of green."
"It's been a year of recovery and reckoning in Los Angeles since the unprecedented wildfires erupted in the parched southern California hillsides and cascaded into the surrounding suburbs with shocking ferocity, killing 31 people. More than 16,000 structures vibrant homes, businesses, churches and schools were reduced to ash and toxic debris. While rebuilding efforts are under way, progress has been slow. Thousands of displaced Angelenos remain in limbo."
Fog shrouded the ruins in Pacific Palisades a year after devastating wildfires. The fires erupted in parched Southern California hillsides and cascaded into suburbs with shocking ferocity, killing 31 people and reducing more than 16,000 structures—homes, businesses, churches and schools—to ash and toxic debris. Melted infrastructure and empty lots now mark damaged neighborhoods while thousands of displaced Angelenos remain in limbo as rebuilding progresses slowly. The firestorm overwhelmed municipal water systems, outpaced elite firefighting crews, slowed evacuations on winding roads and caused emergency alerts to fail to reach many residents. New coalitions of city officials, researchers, nonprofits and community groups are examining failures and seeking ways to prevent worse disasters.
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