Steadfast LA and Banc of California awarded $\$400,000$ in small business recovery grants, totaling $\$525,000$ to date, for ten L.A.-area businesses recovering from devastating wildfires.

Washington Examiner columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher said Californians are still living in accessory dwelling units because the city and the county will not let them rebuild their homes, following the devastating wildfires.

Mudslides and more fires, including the Franklin Fire in December 2024 and the Palisades Fire in January, destroyed more than 700 homes, closing Pacific Coast Highway for months. Now, it's been 10 months since the Palisades Fire, and the city of Malibu has issued 11 permits to rebuild.

City officials issued a flash flood warning for Malibu on Saturday morning as heavy rain soaked Southern California, prompting urgent safety alerts and evacuation guidance for residents in

An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river was dousing Southern California on Saturday, prompting flood warnings in areas of coastal Los Angeles County that recently were ravaged by wildfires.

The National Weather Service​ said the low-pressure system will generate periods of "moderate to heavy rain this evening through Saturday, and possibly into early next week."

A group of state and local officials, fire-impacted Malibu and Pacific Palisades residents, architects, builders and trade association representatives gathered in Malibu's Sunset Mesa on November 8 to unveil a vision for a more resilient, cost-effective and sustainable California built of non-combustible materials such as concrete.