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May 6, 2025

In the wake of devastating Los Angeles fires, residents begin to rebuild

  • Hundreds of homeowners have sought approval for new home designs and other permits, though few have received the green light to break ground.
    • By ALEX VEIGA
    AP Business Writer

    LOS ANGELES — Nearly four months after wildfires reduced thousands of Los Angeles-area homes to rubble and ash, some residents are starting to rebuild.

    In the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, construction workers recently began placing wooden beams to frame a house on a lot where only a charred fireplace remains standing. In the seaside city of Malibu and foothills neighborhood of Altadena, many land parcels where homes once stood are being cleared of debris.


     
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