San Antonio has shut down its out-of-state abortion travel fund after a new Texas law that prohibits the use of public funds to cover abortions and a lawsuit from the state challenging the city's fund.

City Council members last year approved $100,000 for its Reproductive Justice Fund to support abortion-related travel, prompting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to sue over allegations that the city was "transparently attempting to undermine and subvert Texas law and public policy."

Paxton claimed victory in the lawsuit on Friday after the case was dismissed without a finding for either side.

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"Texas respects the sanctity of unborn life, and I will always do everything in my power to prevent radicals from manipulating the system to murder innocent babies," Paxton said in a statement. "It is illegal for cities to fund abortion tourism with taxpayer funds. San Antonio’s unlawful attempt to cover the travel and other expenses for out-of-state abortions has now officially been defeated."

But San Antonio's city attorney argued that the city did nothing wrong and pushed back on Paxton's claim that the state won the lawsuit.

"This litigation was both initiated and abandoned by the State of Texas," the San Antonio city attorney’s office said in a statement to The Texas Tribune. "In other words, the City did not drop any claims; the State of Texas, through the Texas Office of the Attorney General, dropped its claims."

Paxton's lawsuit argued that the travel fund violates the gift clause of the Texas Constitution. The state’s 15th Court of Appeals sided with Paxton and granted a temporary injunction in June to block the city from disbursing the fund while the case moved forward.

Gov. Greg Abbott in August signed into law Senate Bill 33, which bans the use of public money to fund "logistical support" for abortion. The law also allows Texas residents to file a civil suit if they believe a city violated the law.

"The City believed the law, prior to the passage of SB 33, allowed the uses of the fund for out-of-state abortion travel that were discussed publicly," the city attorney’s office said in its statement. "After SB 33 became law and no longer allowed those uses, the City did not proceed with the procurement of those specific uses—consistent with its intent all along that it would follow the law."

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The broader Reproductive Justice Fund remains, but it is restricted to non-abortion services such as home pregnancy tests, emergency contraception and STI testing.

The city of Austin also shut down its abortion travel fund after the law was signed. Austin had allocated $400,000 to its Reproductive Healthcare Logistics Fund in 2024 to help women traveling to other states for an abortion with funding for travel, food and lodging.

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. – One year after two major wildfires tore through opposite sides of Los Angeles County, recovery for thousands of families remains far from complete.

The fires started just hours apart and burned for a month, killing 31 people and destroying more than 16,000 buildings across the county. In the Pacific Palisades and nearby Malibu, flames burned for 31 days, scorching 37 square miles and destroying more than 6,000 structures, most of them homes. In Altadena, the Eaton Fire alone destroyed more than 9,000 buildings.

Today, many survivors are still waiting for permits to rebuild, while others are grappling with contaminated properties, displacement and the slow return of normal life.

"I’ve seen silver linings all day long," said Nicole Gyarmathy, who has returned to the area near her former apartment to replant flowers one year after the fire.

"Anything that I can do to help bring back health and what used to be here; If it’s planting flowers and trees and cleaning up the trash," Gyarmathy said. 

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For her, the small acts help process loss and offer hope to others returning to empty lots.

"People are coming up here to visit their lots that are empty," she said. "They see that, and it just brings them hope that, ‘Oh yeah, no, we’re not being left behind.'"

Across the Palisades, recovery has been uneven. On the anniversary of the fire, residents marked the moment with protests and memorials, underscoring lingering anger and frustration.

Ken Ehrlich, an environmental lawyer who lost his home in the fire, said he remembers arriving to find only remnants of what once stood.

"We pulled up right on Sunset… hysterically crying and screaming at the site of our still smoldering property with only the chimney standing," Ehrlich said. "I literally screamed that we need to get out of here right now."

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Ehrlich’s property is now nearing construction after months of uncertainty. According to a December Los Angeles Times analysis, fewer than 14 percent of homes destroyed in the Palisades have received permits to rebuild. Even some homes that remain standing are unlivable due to smoke, ash and asbestos contamination.

"The threat is real… it’s a big problem," Ehrlich said. "I mean, people are dealing with it all over the place."

Still, a piece of heavy machinery now sits on his lot, a sign that rebuilding is finally underway.

"I’m really excited to move forward and build," Ehrlich said. "I want to come back to the neighborhood. It’s who we are, and I don’t want to go anywhere else."

"My hope is standing here," he added. "My hope is wanting to come back to my home, wanting my family to come back, looking to the future, and really wanting the Palisades to come back better and stronger than it was before."

Across the county in Altadena, the Eaton Fire unfolded under extreme conditions. Crews were already stretched thin battling the Palisades fire when 90-mile-per-hour winds grounded aircraft and caused the blaze to explode.

Brian Childs stood on his cleared property this week, where no house and no debris remain… just land, quiet and waiting.

"It’s all you see, it’s black smoke going about 100 miles an hour and flames all around you," Childs said of the night the fire began.

His home stood for most of the evening before it was suddenly gone.

"I sat right down across the street for about 15 minutes, called my wife and said, it’s gone," Childs said. "And she was devastated."

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According to city and county data, just 10 homes have been rebuilt in Altadena so far. Childs hopes his will be next. His plans are complete, and permits are moving forward.

"This is part of my family’s legacy," he said. "I want to be able to leave this to my kids, and hopefully their kids."

Though not everyone in Altadena has that option. Many of those who lost homes were renters, and some are displaced a year later.

"The housing need remains deeply, deeply urgent," said Palin Ngaotheppitak. "We still see applications every day, from folks who are living in their cars a year after the fire."

Beacon Housing, a local nonprofit, is building long-term housing for low-income fire survivors.

Ngaotheppitak ran from the fire with her children last year and is still awaiting progress on her own home, but says helping others is essential to the community’s recovery.

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"I think it’s even more important for a place like Altadena where the community ties are so strong," she said. "We’re really looking out for our neighbors here. We are in this together."