James Rainey

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.

They voted for Donald Trump for president, but now they're losing government jobs. They wonder why Trump and Elon Musk aren't focusing on real waste and inflation.

President Trump has advocated 'raking' forests, but his contract freeze has slowed that work on federal land, firefighters and lawmakers say. A hiring freeze also concerns firefighters.

Many Altadena and Palisades fire victims struggle to itemize the possessions they lost. Insurance Commissioner Lara says insurers should pay the max.

Snapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel and foundation chief Miguel Santana launch the Department of Angels to give the community a voice in wildfire recovery efforts.

Betty O'Meara helped make the Malibu Cinema a gem for Hollywood stars and regular folks. When the Palisades fire came, she refused to evacuate, dying in the home where she had lived for more than 50 years

Steve and Colton Foster may have saved 10 homes by ignoring fire evacuation orders in Pacific Palisades. Now they're nurturing fire refugees and residents who stayed in the neighborhood near the Getty Villa.

Kathy 'Gidget' Kohner Zuckerman lost her Pacific Palisades home after 60 years in the community. But for the surfing pioneer, the aloha spirit prevails.

Our reporter visits the remains of his childhood home, lost to the fires

Times reporter James Rainey ventured back to see if his childhood home in Malibu was still standing, while he reflected on 'Old World Malibu.'