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: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Print (Opens in new window) Print