As of Thursday, the Palisades fire had reached 15,000 acres, spreading to Malibu and Topanga and torching homes and restaurants along the Pacific Coast Highway. One resident told the Washington Examiner ’s video producer Natasha Sweatte that his community is coming together in this time of crisis.

John Goodman's home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles was reduced to rubble, as seen in a photo obtained by PEOPLE, while fires continue to burn throughout the city

A brush fire broke out Tuesday near the Pacific Palisades, a coastal neighborhood on the west side of Los Angeles, and quickly exploded.

A firefighter rests during a brush fire in Mandeville Canyon on January 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Fueled by intense Santa Ana Winds, the Palisades Fire has grown to over 2,900 acres and 30,000 people have been ordered to evacuate while a second major fire has emerged near Eaton Canyon and Altadena

The LADWP issued a boil water notice on Wednesday, Jan. 8, in response to the Pacific Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, urging residents to "only use boiled tap water or bottled water for drinking and cooking purposes" as "disease-causing organisms" may now be found in the water.

Wildfires have devastated a celebrity-filled neighborhood in Los Angeles, destroying homes, canceling major industry events, and ravaging a high school featured in movies like ‘Carrie’ and ‘Freaky Friday.

A Pacific Palisades resident returned to his mobile home on Jan. 8 to find only rubble and burnt out cars.