More than 300 properties in the Pacific Palisades that were partially or completely burned in the January wildfires have received brush clearance citations, a KCAL News investigation has revealed.
The Palisades Fire is the third-most destructive wildfire in California’s history, destroying 6,837 buildings and damaging an additional 973 in the coastal community. In the eight months since the disaster, victims like Serene Meshel-Dillman have been scraping, scouring and sifting through the ashes of their homes as they attempt to recover.
After the initial shock of the wildfire faded, Meshel-Dillman clung to tiny shreds of hope like the grass that surrounded her olive tree. However, the patch of brush turned into another problem she had to wade through…