Authorities to announce 'significant development' in probe of California’s Palisades Fire

Authorities to announce 'significant development' in probe of California’s Palisades Fire 42 mins ago Federal officials and Los Angeles police plan to announce a “significant development” related to the criminal investigation into last January’s deadly Palisades Fire. The fire that erupted on Jan. 7 killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,000 homes and buildings in the Pacific Palisades, a wealthy coastal neighborhood of LA. Attending the news conference at 9 a.m. on Wednesday will be Acting United States Attorney Bill Essayli, LA Police Chief Jim McDonnell, and Special Agent in Charge Kenny Cooper of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. No advance details have been provided. Investigators still haven’t determined the cause of that blaze or the Eaton Fire, which brok