EXPLAINED: Palisades - The Real Truth

A 40-year-old Malibu winery is closing after its tasting room burned; owners will sell its estate

A Malibu winery that operated for four decades is shutting down after its Pacific Coast Highway tasting room was destroyed in the 2025 Palisades Fire. The Rosenthal family, which founded and ran The Malibu Estate, is now looking to sell its 240-acre Newton Canyon vineyard property amid repeated wildfire losses…

The Times of India · Sep 23

In 1943, two Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis bought a crumbling Los Angeles mansion for $9,000; 83 years later, after the Palisades Fire forced it shut, Villa Aurora has reopened

Villa Aurora, a historic mansion in Pacific Palisades, has reopened after restoration work following the January 2025 Palisades Fire. The house was bought in 1943 for $9,000 by German Jewish writer Lion Feuchtwanger and his wife Marta, who had fled Nazi persecution. It later became a gathering place for artists…

The Times of India · Sep 1

Los Angeles villa that was hub for German exiles fleeing Nazis reopens after narrow wildfire escape

Spectacular Villa Aurora, which was nearly destroyed in last year’s fires, leading the recovery as Pacific Palisades emerges from a dark chapter

The Guardian - US · Sep 1

Trial begins for man accused of sparking LA’s deadly Palisades fire

Jonathan Rinderknecht is accused of starting the blaze that became Los Angeles’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire

The Guardian - US · Jun 8

Palisades fires suspect due in court as scars of interno still haunt survivors

Trial is set to begin in Los Angeles for the man accused of sparking last year’s deadly Palisades Fire

The Independent UK · Jun 8

HEALTH ALERT: Los Angeles Families Are Rebuilding Homes on Toxic Soil — And Federal Agencies Stopped Testing Before They Finished the Job

Seventeen months after the Palisades and Eaton wildfires consumed more than 16,000 structures across Los Angeles County in January 2025 — incinerating homes, vehicles, electronics, solar panels, and decades' worth of synthetic materials — families are returning to their properties and rebuilding.

Medical Daily · Jun 1

LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt loses it after journalist points out he lives in Santa Barbara

‘This is why you only have goblins running everything,’ said the former ‘The Hills’ star

The Independent UK · May 18

Spencer Pratt was a noughties reality TV villain. Can he convince Los Angeles to make him mayor?

The Hills’ antagonist is running on a platform decrying ‘drug zombies’ and the city’s response to the 2025 wildfires

The Guardian - US · May 16

LA mayoral hopeful and reality star Spencer Pratt claimed he was living in a trailer after wildfires. He was actually at the Hotel Bel-Air

Pratt later confirmed he spent time at the hotel, but said he doesn’t consider himself to ‘live anywhere’ until his Palisades home is rebuilt

The Independent UK · May 13

Los Angeles Palisades Fire Suspect Idolized Luigi Mangione, Prosecutors Say

Federal prosecutors say the man accused of starting the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles had become fixated on Luigi Mangione, the man accused in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and was driven in part by resentment toward wealthy people.

Latin Times · May 5