The first permit to rebuild has been issued in Altadena since the Eaton fire in January. Supervisor Kathryn Barger worked on a motion to try and speed up this process, ensure victims aren’t slowed down by visiting multiple departments.

Due to anticipated tariffs, the Port of Long Beach experienced a surge in cargo volume in March, marking its best first quarter on record. The port moved 2.5 million TEUs during the first quarter of 2025, a 26.6% increase compared to Q1 2024. specne.ws/ZZcUjr

Today one school is returning to in-person learning after the January wildfires. Palisades Charter High School has relocated to the old Sears building in downtown Santa Monica.

New affordable housing opens today in Compton. This building used to be a motel, but has been converted into 100 studio apartments.

Almost five months after a wildfire destroyed her home, Altadena resident Margot Steuber celebrated as construction crews broke ground on her new house. Steuber’s home is the first to be rebuilt since the Eaton Fire ravaged the community. spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-ca…

Strike across LA county. SEIU 721 has begun a two-day work stoppage. Many departments impacted. Rally downtown has blocked off Temple.

Tens of thousands of LA County workers will wrap up a 48-hour work stoppage Wednesday evening. The walkout affected a number of services, including non-urgent health clinics, public libraries, trash pick-up and more. specne.ws/jiKn8B

May Day rally and march in DTLA. Figueroa is blocked off at Olympic.

Taylor and Glanda are outreach workers focused on the unhoused community in the Pacific Palisades. I went along with them as they checked in with people. Their work has drastically changed since the wildfire, restricting access to the area and jeopardizing funding.

Bring your Real ID to LAX Airport. Today enforcement begins. No significant delays this morning.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has cleared nearly 2,000 properties of debris in Palisades, paving the way for residents to begin to rebuild. To date, LA has issued 54 permits for 40 addresses for rebuilding, and is reviewing hundreds of applications. spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-ca…

Union nurses are on a one-day strike in Long Beach. The hospitals say some elective procedures are being rescheduled.

Today is the halfway point for a five-day strike at West Anaheim Medical Center.

LAX/Metro Transit Center opens this afternoon. Brings rail closer than ever to the airport. From here, you’ll need to take a shuttle to the terminals.

The National Guard is in DTLA outside the federal building. No protests so far this morning. Roads are open.

First night of the curfew in DTLA has ended. Some businesses are choosing to board up their windows.

Graffiti cleanup in Downtown LA after the second night with a curfew ends.

NEW: Governor Gavin Newsom Gavin Newsom has approved the prepositioning of firefighting resources in Sierra & Plumas counties in response to critical fire weather conditions forecasted to impact Northern California starting Sunday, July 20, through Tuesday, July 22, 2025.

The recovery and salvaging phase has begun. 8 more containers found submerged. Dive teams, salvage crews are on scene working to remove containers from the waters and lashing all unaffected cargo containers from the vessel. Port of Long Beach USCG Pacific Area

Beach community: A power outage is affecting parts of campus. All daytime classes are cancelled. Evening classes after 5 p.m. are expected to take place as scheduled. Please visit csulb.edu/alert for updates.