California Wildfire Community Fights to Recover ‘Tight-Knit’ Feel [AUDIO] Posted on June 4, 2025June 4, 2025 by Caleb Rose Business and community leaders in Pacific Palisades and Malibu have a deep love for their small towns. It’s inspired them to lead the charge for recovery after the Palisades Fire. A sign leads to a destroyed office and school building at an Altadena church on Feb. 27, 2025. Photo by Caleb Rose Audio: Caleb Rose This story is part of a semester-long investigative reporting project into the 2025 California wildfires. It was created by an advanced reporting class in the Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies program at UW-Milwaukee. Other stories from the project are available here. This work was made possible through the support of MPC Endowment Ltd., the philanthropic affiliate of the Milwaukee Press Club. Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to print (Opens in new window) Print