More than 5,300 structures believed destroyed in deadly Palisades Fire
The 20,000-acre wildfire that leveled much of Pacific Palisades and left at least two dead, including one body that was removed from the rubble of a home along Pacific Coast Highway, was 8% contained Friday. Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said during a late-afternoon briefing Thursday that two people had died in the fire, although no details were provided. Earlier Thursday, however, representatives of the county Medical Examiner’s Office removed human remains from the ruins of a home in the vicinity of Duke’s restaurant in Malibu. Officials from the sheriff’s department told reporters at the scene that deputies received