The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has now taken the investigative lead in the Palisades Fire, where over 23,000 acres have now burned, and aerial imagery shows approximately 5,000 structures damaged or destroyed as of Monday.

As deadly wildfires continue to burn in Los Angeles, allegations of blame are being made on behalf of victims.

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed more than two dozen people. Weaker winds enabled firefighters to make inroads containing the Palisades and Eaton fires.

Los Angeles County Superior Court against Southern California Edison, blaming the utility for igniting the Eaton fire, which reduced areas of Altadena to rubble and caused 16 deaths. Both complaints allege the 14,

In Los Angeles’s chaparral-covered ecosystem, wildfires in the mountains are an annual ritual. But when those fires leaped into residential neighborhoods this week, killing at least 11 people and destroying thousands of homes, the city suddenly found itself in survival mode.

Those looking to assist residents affected by the Los Angeles County firestorm have a number of options to donate money, materials or their time.

continue burning in Southern California. The Palisades Fire, burning in the Pacific Palisades, and the Eaton Fire, burning in Altadena, have forced thousands to evacuate and destroyed more than ...

In a Jan. 11 statement, LADWP stressed that the water system serving “the Pacific ... during the initial fight against the Eaton fire in Pasadena and unincorporated Altadena on Tuesday night. Winds reached up to 100 mph, launching embers as far as ...

Meanwhile, Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said residents eager to return to evacuated areas must remain patient.

PACIFIC PALISADES - What struck me about the Palisades Fire is that LADWP (aka DWP) did not shut off the power (while keeping it on to the water pump stations for as long as possible) in Pacific Palisades to prevent it.

Fires have arrived at the doorstep of the actors, producers, artists, writers and others in the entertainment industry who shape public imagination around the world.