Santa Barbara Battalion Chief Reflects on Palisades and Eaton Fire Anniversary

Santa Barbara Battalion Chief Reflects on Palisades and Eaton Fire Anniversary

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – A year ago today, mutual aid fire crews from up and down the coast helped fight the Palisades and Eaton Fires that began on January 7th, 2025. The anniversary is on the minds of many including Santa Barbara City Battalion Chief Jon Turner. Turner said they were watching the weather as they drove down to Los Angeles. Santa Barbara City Fire sent five engines to the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades and Malibu and …

Accountability: Hundreds demand it at Palisades fire anniversary rally

On the one-year anniversary of the Palisades fire, hundreds of residents rallied Wednesday in Pacific Palisades to demand accountability from city and state officials over what they described as a preventable wildfire that killed 12 people and displaced thousands. The demonstration, organized by Palisades Fire Residents Coalition, comes as questions about how the Palisades fire began and whether it could have been prevented remain a focal point …

One Year Later: LA Fire Survivors Mourn, Commemorate Recovery Efforts

One year ago Wednesday, the lives of thousands of Southern California residents were thrown into turmoil amid punishing, hurricane-force Santa Ana winds that drove a pair of massive wildfires through heavily populated neighborhoods, killing more than two dozen people and permanently changing the local landscape. A year after the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires, many survivors are still picking up the pieces from the destruction, while othe…

'From a shtetl to a diaspora’: After the fire, a Palisades synagogue forges through a year in exile

Jewish tradition carves grief into discrete periods of time. Shiva lasts a week. Shloshim — the post-funeral period when one does not receive a haircut — is 30 days. For the death of a parent, one says kaddish for 11 months. After a year, mourning officially concludes. But what of the destruction of a home — or a whole neighborhood? At Kehillat Israel, some 250 families lost theirs in the Palisades fire that ignited last Jan. 7, including three …

Pacific Palisades Marks One-Year Anniversary of Devastating 2025 Fire with Protest Rally and Evening Memorial

Pacific Palisades, CA - January 7, 2026 - Hundreds of residents gathered today in Palisades Village for the "They Let Us Burn" rally, a community-led protest on the exact one-year anniversary of the deadly Palisades Fire that ignited on January 7, 2025. The fire, which burned over 23,000 acres, destroyed thousands of homes and claimed multiple lives, has left survivors frustrated with...

A Palisades pastor struggles with ‘those memories’ on 1-year anniversary of fire

The Rev. Matthew Hardin knew this day was coming. But it stirs up still vivid memories of the day his church was destroyed.