Northern Los Angeles Beaches Become a Temporary Home for Fire Debris

Debris leftover from the Palisades fire and heavy rains caused beach closures near Los Angeles, on Feb. 27, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

As ash, burned wood, and melted plastic floated on the crashing waves of the Pacific Palisades Sunset Point Beach area of Los Angeles, one surfer paddled into a good-sized wave of the coast.

“I think that guy is a volunteer out here, so I’m sure he knows how bad the water is,” one Los Angeles Department of Water and Power worker told The Epoch Times while on his lunch break.