The Los Angeles water chief has been given a police security detail amid "threats" against her and water employees over the response to wildfires.

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.

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.

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

As wildfires continue to devastate Los Angeles, leaving thousands displaced and causing widespread destruction, experts urge long-term support and careful giving.

The scale of the effort will be vast — the area scorched by the major fires is equal to three times the size of Manhattan.

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.

President-elect Donald J. Trump, in perhaps his first official trip after being inaugurated on Monday, will likely visit the Los Angeles area to survey wildfire damage late next week.

In a post on Bluesky, the Twitter-alternative social media site, author Stephen King said he would not be voting as a member of the Academy this year. He further stated, “IMHO they should cancel them [the Oscars]. No glitz with Los Angeles on fire.”

Amid the wildfires, a petition initially created a year ago to address crime in Vallejo has reignited recent support.