After almost a year of recovering from the devastating Palisades wildfire, the first home has been authorized to rebuild in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood. CNN's Nick Watt reports. | CNN

“For so many of us, this is hitting close to home,” says ABC News’ Kayna Whitworth, who recalls when she lived in Pacific Palisades with her young children. Kayna Whitworth and Matt Gutman discuss handling evacuation with kids and pets as unprecedented wildfires wreak havoc throughout Los Angeles. | ABC News Live

Eyewitness News reporter Josh Haskell caught up with Megan Garman and her daughter, Gemma, one year after first meeting them during the chaotic evacuation from Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7, 2025. "It was like being in a zombie apocalypse movie is what I felt like. When I saw you guys. I'm like OK, I think we're safe now," she recalled. | ABC7

Evacuation orders were in place as a wind-driven wildfire destroyed homes in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 7. | storyful