Show Caption1 of 9The National Guard directs traffic at Pacific Coast Highway and Entrada Drive on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. PCH was re-opened Monday to through traffic after being closed since the Palisades fire on January 7th.

Evacuated residents are waiting in their cars for hours to get permission to return to Los Angeles neighborhoods devastated by the Palisades Fire, which has been burning for three weeks and destroyed thousands of homes and other structures.

Nearly a month after the devastating Palisades Fire broke out, Pacific Coast Highway has been reopened, but traffic won’t be back to a normal pace anytime soon.  PCH was originally scheduled to

Despite ongoing cleanup and restoration efforts following the Palisades Fire, a portion of the Pacific Coast Highway will reopen Sunday to traffic.

Pacific Coast Highway, which has been largely off limits since the Palisades Fire erupted on Jan. 7, finally reopened Monday.