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California Residents in Burn Areas Urged to Stay Away Until After Winter Storm
Los Angeles City Councilwoman Traci Park, who represents Pacific Palisades, urges residents to avoid the area until engineers have surveyed the landscape.
Nancy Belanger pours water on a neighbor's fire-ravaged property in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 9, 2025. Jae C. Hong/AP Photo
The Los Angeles city councilwoman who represents District 11, which encompasses Pacific Palisades, has urged constituents to avoid the fire-damaged area as a storm system brings rain and the prospects of landslides.
The Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) into Palisades had reopened Monday before the storm forced its re-closure Tuesday.
Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.