Jan. 8, 1:25 p.m. PST The Palisades Fire in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades—an affluent coastal neighborhood—exploded to 15,832 acres, according to Cal Fire, making it the largest fire of the four burning in Los Angeles County as of Wednesday afternoon.

Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of communities

A brush fire broke out Tuesday near the Pacific Palisades, a coastal neighborhood on the west side of Los Angeles, and quickly exploded.

A second major fire erupted in the Los Angeles area as firefighters struggled to contain the Pacific Palisades blaze.

The city of Pasadena has declared a local public health emergency​ a week after the Eaton Fire caused widespread destruction.

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Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 24 people and destroyed more than 12,000 structures, officials said, scorching more than 60 square miles and displacing tens of thousands of people.

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California schools and students are facing a long road to recovery as wildfires in the Los Angeles area damage dozens of school buildings and take hundreds of thousands of children out of the

The wildfires that destroyed homes in multiple sections of the Los Angeles area will test California’s efforts to stabilize the state’s insurance marketplace after many insurers stopped issuing residential policies due to the high fire risk.

Firefighters are making progress, officials said, but residents must be ready for a return of powerful winds that could spread flames.

Just under a year later, Los Angeles is on fire and the fire hydrants have run dry from a lack of water. “In 2014, in the middle of a severe drought that would test California’s complex water ...