Twenty days after fires destroyed much of Pacific Palisades, hundreds of residents gathered in a Santa Monica Beach Parking lot to receive a permit allowing them to return home, as the last remaining evacuation orders were lifted Monday.

Firefighters are battling the fast-moving, destructive Palisades fire. Here are details on evacuations, road closures, shelters.

For the first time since the devastating fire erupted, all Pacific Palisades residents are allowed to return home

For the first time since the devastating Palisades fire ignited on Jan. 7, all Pacific Palisades residents can now return to their properties.

Some Pacific Palisades residents said they waited on line for more than two hours Tuesday to get approval to go back to their homes.