The neighborhood is likely to grow more expensive and exclusive as millionaire Angelenos demand a fast-track recovery.

Housekeepers, gardeners, pool cleaners and other workers have been left grappling with a loss of income and grief for longtime employers they considered family.

Mandy and Raymond Church, 66 and 67, had spent the last 40 years building up their plumbing business in the Pacific Palisades, having moved to the US from West Ruislip, west London, in 1985.

Scores of Los Angeles residents have returned to the wildfire-ravaged Pacific Palisades neighborhood after officials began ...