Pacific Coast Highway Reopens After Devastating Palisades Fire

The Los Angeles County supervisor has emphasized that ‘essential traffic only is strongly encouraged.’

Motorists make their way along Pacific Coast Highway past beachfront homes destroyed by the Palisades Fire in Malibu, Calif., on Feb. 3, 2025. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo

The Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) partially reopened on Monday, nearly a month after the Palisades Fire forced its closure, according to Los Angeles County officials.

“Essential traffic only is strongly encouraged,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath said in a statement.