Residents anxious to see what had become of their properties after the Palisades Fire ignited on Jan. 7 waited in their cars for hours Tuesday to return to their neighborhoods after officials lifted the last remaining evacuation orders.
A line of vehicles snaked along the Pacific Coast Highway and motorists inched into a beachside parking lot in Santa Monica, where they must show ID to receive a permit that allows them to drive into the burn zone and sift through what's left of their charred homes. They have to be out of the area by nightfall because a curfew remains in effect.
