Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s.
About 1,600 policies for Pacific Palisades homeowners were dropped by State Farm in July, the state insurance office says.
The Los Angeles water chief has been given a police security detail amid "threats" against her and water employees over the response to wildfires.
Those looking to assist residents affected by the Los Angeles County firestorm have a number of options to donate money, materials or their time.
Jason Oppenheim is "in shock" over the number of landlords who are allegedly and illegally breaking an anti-price gouging law, cautioning that they could pay back "all that money" plus criminal liability.
Inmate firefighters responding to the ongoing Los Angeles fires and working 24-hour shifts are earning $26.90 per day, according to the California Dept. of Corrections.
The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have destroyed thousands of structures, many of them homes, and firefighters continue to battle the infernos. Parts of Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena and other California communities are now unrecognizable.
For Emmeline Summerton, a self-taught social historian whose Instagram account, Lost Canyons LA, has become an addictive source of Los Angeles history and lore, the story of Topanga Canyon is one of improbable survival — a thoroughly wild place less than an hour’s drive from the city’s business center.
As the California fires burn, experts say firefighters can only do so much in extreme conditions. Instead, people must understand that homes are the fuel in these disasters.
It will be interesting to see how President-elect Trump handles the aftermath of the horrific Los Angeles wildfires in providing federal financial aid and other assistance to the recovery efforts for the deadly and costly effects of the blazes.
L.A.'s wildfire recovery may be on a collision course with Trump's immigration policy. Southern California's construction industry is heavily reliant on immigrant labor.