Twenty-seven people have died across the Los Angeles area. Officials have said the true death toll isn’t known as the fires continue to burn.
Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of communities
Flames erupted near the Bel-Air neighborhood just hours after another fire sparked and quickly spread in northern Los Angeles County.
The National Weather Service says gusty weather was expected to last through Thursday and precipitation was possible starting Saturday.
The degree of mismanagement is epic. It’s incompetence married with poisonous ideology, said Villanueva, who was sheriff between 2018 and 2022.
The Palisades and Eaton wildfires continue burning in the Los Angeles area as Southern California prepares for increased fire danger.
Firefighters in Southern California conducted another fierce wildfire fight on Wednesday and into Thursday morning.
Firefighters are making progress, officials said, but residents must be ready for a return of powerful winds that could spread flames.
After a weekend of reprieve allowing fire teams to continue making progress battling the deadly infernos burning in Los Angeles County, Southern California now faces another round of fire-fueling Santa Ana winds.
Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 21,595.8 acres after being active for four days. A crew of 3,712 firefighters has been working on site and they managed to contain 8% of the fire by Saturday 1 a.m. The blaze's cause remains under investigation.
Thousands of Southern California residents were under evacuation orders Wednesday as fire crews battled the out-of-control Hughes Fire near the town of Castaic, a suburb in the foothills and mountains of northern Los Angeles County.