Insurers have been cutting coverage for thousands of homeowners across the neighborhoods most affected by this week's California wildfires.

On Tuesday, flames tore through Palisades Charter High School, which reports show was previously used to offer shelter to people escaping Southern California wildfires like the 19

A Pacific Palisades resident returned to his mobile home on Jan. 8 to find only rubble and burnt out cars.

Though the Palisades Fire continues to rage, currently estimated to have consumed nearly 20,000 acres, destroyed over 5,000 structures and caused at least two deaths, residents are beginning to return to their fire-stricken neighborhoods.

By Andy Sullivan The Pacific Palisades area ravaged by wildfires in Los Angeles is one of the most expensive neighborhoods in the U.S., home to Hollywood A-Listers and multimillion dollar mansions. And ahead of this week's disaster,

Los Angeles Times photographer Robert Gauthier took an aerial tour of the damage to Pacific Palisades after the fires. Robert Gauthier has been with the Los Angeles Times since 1994. He was the photographer for a project detailing the failings of an L.