Only essential travel is recommended, and authorities ask those who need to get to Malibu to take another route.

Tonight, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, along with Oded Lifshitz, were returned to Israel after being killed while in Hamas captivity.

Access to Pacific Coast Highway between Santa Monica and Malibu, which has been restricted since the Palisades Fire erupted Jan. 7, was expanded Thursday for residents, business and other traffic. As ...