Following delayed evacuation alerts and 17 deaths from the Eaton Fire, officials are calling for an investigation into the emergency alert notification system.
As firefighters start to get the upper hand on the Eaton and Palisades fires, the focus now shifts to clearing debris from the thousands of destroyed or heavily damaged homes, an effort complicated by hazardous materials and toxic ash.
Los Angeles County officials are calling for an independent review of emergency notification systems after some residents argued that earlier warnings might have saved lives.
A California couple's Ring video doorbell captured their harrowing escape as the Eaton Fire approached their Altadena home.
Improving weather conditions continue to aid in the increased containment of both the Eaton and Palisades fires, with some evacuations lifted in the Palisades Fire area.
Eaton Fire initially started 6:18 p.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. Since its discovery two weeks ago, it has burned 14,021 acres. A fire crew of 2,375 has been working on site and, as of Tuesday noon, they managed to contain 89% of the fire. However, investigations into the cause are ongoing.
As Los Angeles enters its third week of fires, officials made preparations to protect scorched neighbourhoods from toxic ash runoff ahead of potential rain this weekend.
SHE JOINS US LIVE FROM ALTADENA, THE PLACE OF THE EATON FIRE. AND THERE’S JUST SO MUCH DESTRUCTION. ANDREA. LISA, IT’S JUST YOU DON’T EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW BAD IT IS UNTIL YOU’RE HERE ON THE GROUND. WE’RE SEEING THE DEVASTATION FIRSTHAND.
More than 31,000 people have been ordered to evacuate, and another 23,000 are under evacuation warnings from the path of the fire around Castaic Lake.
Parts of Los Angeles are still burning from multiple wildfires. Some evacuated residents returned to their homes to find nothing but rubble.
A judge on Tuesday approved a temporary restraining order for Southern California Edison to preserve data and equipment related to the area where the Eaton fire started.
A dramatic weather shift highlighted by cooler temperatures and the promise of weekend rain greeted Southern California Friday, as crews in Pacific Palisades, Altadena and other recent burn areas braced for the possibility of debris flows when the precipitation begins.