Citing airborne contaminants and a lack of running water, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department shut down the Altadena sheriff’s station Thursday in the aftermath of the Eaton fire.

After surviving the fire, many California residents are facing the secondary threat of looters taking advantage of chaotic conditions and abandoned property.

Southern California is bracing for an "unprecedented" third Particularly Dangerous Situation warning in a month, as extreme Santa Ana winds increase fire danger.

Wednesday, 12:25 p.m. PST The Hughes Fire grew to 3,407 acres, according to Cal Fire, with evacuation orders extending to the community of Castaic and evacuation warnings stretching to the northernmost parts of Santa Clarita, which had an estimated population of 224,028 in 2023.

Firefighters are looking to make as much progress against the Palisades and Eaton fires as possible over the weekend, before sever winds are expected to come back to Los Angeles and Ventura counties early next week.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is working to locate and identify dozens of missing persons from the wildfires.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies in Atladena were told to wear masks and decontaminate uniforms because the air was "hazardous, containing lead, asbestos, and other

The investigation is critical for not only understanding what happened, but for ensuring it never happens again, said an attorney for 300 Altadena residents.

Twenty-seven people have died across the Los Angeles area. Officials have said the true death toll isn’t known as the fires continue to burn.

As Santa Ana winds returned to Southern California, residents and first responders braced for another day of critical fire weather.

Arrests near wildfire zones in Los Angeles continue to increase as more National Guard members have been deployed to the region.

Search and rescue operations are ongoing, and residents forced to evacuate from the fires are still "probably at least a week out" from returning home, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said. Cal Fire said teams are in the fire zones analyzing the burn areas to determine places of concern.