Scores of Los Angeles residents have returned to the wildfire-ravaged Pacific Palisades neighborhood after officials began letting people drive back into the scorched community

Josh Altman argues that up to 70% of Pacific Palisades residents won't return or rebuild their homes due to "simple math" following the devastating wildfires.

City officials allowed hundreds of residents displaced from the Palisades Fire to return to their homes to assess the aftermath of the deadly fires.

A line of vehicles stretching two or three miles snaked along PCH Tuesday as motorists inched into a parking lot for permits to drive into the burn zone.

Only residents with proper ID are allowed back into the Palisades Fire areas, with the question of how and if to rebuild a top concern.