The ocean waters from Malibu to Santa Monica remain off-limits due to the recent rains and fire debris carried to the coast.

Flying south through smoky skies down the famous Malibu coast, at first the burnt-out mansions are the exception -- solitary wrecks, smoldering away between rows of intact, gleaming beachfront villas.

Since he was a kid, Randy Miod wanted to be at the beach. Once he got there, he never left. Growing up in Southern California ...

While some losses, such as those on a stretch of a famous beach in Malibu, may be more acknowledged, they will all linger.