Much of the Pacific Coast Highway and its iconic homes and landmarks between Will Rogers State Beach just north of Santa Monica and Carbon Beach in Eastern Malibu lay in ruins.
Wally Skalij was a staff photojournalist at the Los Angeles Times from 1997 to 2025. He was part of the team that was a finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography.
Mark E. Potts is a former senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.