Rebecca Ellis

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By Wednesday morning, it looked as if a bomb had detonated on Sunset Boulevard. As the catastrophic Palisades fire receded from one of the city’s iconic thoroughfares, smoke and ash rendered the once-picturesque landscape into something oddly lunar. Read more: Homes, structures 'in the thousands' are burned in Palisades, Eaton, officials say; more fire weather aheadThere were charred buildings, some slightly damaged, others fully destroyed.

Jan 8, 2025 | yahoo.com | Rebecca Ellis

Arturo Garcia said he’s been working in the Palisades for 17 hours nonstop. His partner has been awake for over 24. Like the firefighters he was surrounded by the night before, he’s guarding homes — not against the flames, but against looters, who might see opportunity in an affluent neighborhood suddenly deserted.

Nov 6, 2024 | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Rebecca Ellis |Roger Vincent

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday approved the county's purchase of the Gas Company Tower, one of downtown L.A.'s most prominent skyscrapers, paving the way for the transfer of thousands of workers and public services out of the city's civic center. With a 4-1 vote, the supervisors gave county officials the final green light to move ahead with buying the tower for $200 million.

Nov 6, 2024 | yahoo.com | Rebecca Ellis

Rebecca EllisNovember 5, 2024 at 11:01 PM·4 min readA ballot measure aimed at enlarging the pot of money available for homeless services in Los Angeles County was ahead, while another measure expanding the county Board of Supervisors was virtually tied in early returns Tuesday night. Measure A would double the quarter-cent sales tax that voters approved in 2017 for homeless services and extend the tax indefinitely, ensuring that a major funding stream won’t dry up in a few years.