PACIFIC PALISADES, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- More than eight months after the devastating Palisades Fire, the effort to rebuild Will Rogers State Historic Park and the Will Rogers Polo Club remains a top priority.
"It's devastating," said Jennifer Rogers, the great granddaughter of Will Rogers. "It wasn't the loss the family had, it's the loss of the community. So many people that I know lost everything, and you never get over that."
Historic structures at the park were destroyed, including the polo club. Even though the park remains closed, Jennifer said it will reopen to the public soon, but the cleanup work continues.
"There's no reason we can't have the polo back and open the park to the public and have some type of a memorial to Will ... a museum, housing, perhaps, for some of the art