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The Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA are getting ready to start the next phase of cleanup for the L.A. fire zones. A woman's body has been found on Santa Monica beach, apparently beaten to death, and a new site to handle debris from the Eaton Fire is coming.

Another atmospheric river is headed to Southern California, local and state officials are trying again to strengthen laws against looters, and Altadena residents are concerned about the future of trees in their town. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy family of dealerships.

Exactly one month ago, the worlds of several thousand LA County residents were turned upside down ... when violent winds stoked massive fires that left a trail of unprecedented destruction. Tonight we will bring you the survival stories of six people who lost everything during the January 7th fires ... three residents of the Pacific Palisades, and three residents of Altadena. We'll ask about proce...

The longtime head of PR for Santa Anita Racetrack says he was fired for refusing to cover up a spate of horse deaths. The track says it was because he swore at a coworker, but his lawyer has some choice words about that. Anti-deportation protests turn violent on their 6th day downtown. And an asteroid could be headed for Earth. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy family of dealerships.

Anecdotal reports have been coming into the L.A. Unified School District of people approaching students and intimidating them by claiming they are ICE agents. The former interpreter for Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has been sentenced to federal prison, and there's a new online tool to help fire victims navigate government aid programs and make it simpler to get help.

Lee Zeldin, the head of the Trump Administration's EPA, makes a surprise visit to the fire zones. Kamala Harris shows up in the Palisades. Gov. Newsom says his conversation with President Trump was productive, and he was very 'focused on water.' The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy family of dealerships.

How much waste was generated by the L.A. fires? A lot. We talked with San Gabriel Valley Democratic Congresswoman Judy Chu, who barged into Speaker Mike Johnson's office to confront him about Elon Musk and his DOGE team's access to the Treasury's government payments system. And the EPA says it will use a parking lot near Will Rogers State Beach to process toxic debris from the Palisades Fire.

The EPA says it will use Will Rogers State Beach as a staging area for sorting fire debris, a decision hailed by Malibu's mayor but derided by L.A. city officials. County health officials give a fuzzy answer on how safe the air and soil are. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy family of dealerships.

A hospital in L.A. announces it will comply with President Trump's executive orders on transgender issues. We take a closer look at the president saying that the US will "take over" Gaza. And a Hollywood producer has been found guilty of murder in the overdose deaths of a model and her friend, along with the sexual assaults of seven other women.

A day after it finally reopened following the fires, Pacific Coast Highway is closed again for fear of landslides from this week's rainstorm. Children's Hospital Los Angeles pauses hormone treatment for trans people under age 19. Why L.A. Metro might start advocating for people to have more babies. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy family of dealerships.

One of California's biggest insurance companies is asking for an emergency rate increase amid the L.A. fire recovery efforts to avoid a "dire situation." Hear our in-depth team coverage of "A Day Without Immigrants" in Los Angeles, and Long Beach Congressman Robert Garcia (D) says he and other members of Congress are launching an investigation into the problems plaguing the wildfires alert system.

'A day without immigrants' protests get loud in downtown L.A., snarling traffic around the 101 freeway at rush hour. Two prosecutors sue D.A. Hochman, claiming they were demoted after recommending the Menendez brothers be re-sentenced. Have the Grammys overcome all the drama? The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy family of dealerships.

They caught the pilot who has agreed to plead guilty for flying the drone that took one of the Canadian Super Scoopers out of commission during the Palisades Fire. We meet some teens from the Palisades who have raised tens of thousands to support local businesses who once supported them. Will the rain next week be enough to put fire season to an end? The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy f...

New information has surfaced on the possible cause of the deadly Palisades Fire. Continuing coverage of the fatal mid-air collision in Washington between an Army Black Hawk and an American Airlines plane. And the rush is on to start spending federal recovery money allocated for L.A. fire relief.

Altadena had one of Los Angeles's first and proudest middle class Black communities, which has been almost entirely wiped from the map. We discuss the history of that community and how it will come back from this. The country's first aviation disaster in 16 years reverberates all the way to SoCal. Firefighters find themselves short pay in their checks. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy...

The fallout from the federal funding freeze that the White House backed off from Wednesday. While we await an official cause of the Eaton Fire more than three weeks later, several victims are already convinced who's to blame. And not everyone who lost their home in the Palisades fire was rich. Many of those middle-class people are just starting to sift through the rubble.