2 hours ago Biden lets slip real reason LA fire hydrants were dry when flames began as Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass cling to their jobs

Joe Biden claimed that Los Angeles fire hydrants hadn't run dry because of a water shortage but due to power being cut to water pumps due to the killer wildfires.

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6 hours ago Candy Spelling's $23M Malibu beach house destroyed in LA fires as star mourns 'massive loss'

Candy Spelling has lost her Malibu beach house in the California wildfires that have swept through Los Angeles. The 79-year-old icon's 7-bedroom oceanside retreat is now reduced to rubble and ash.

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9 hours ago Brooklyn Beckham shares 'devastating' photo of L.A wildfires from $3.8million condo

Brooklyn Beckham has broken his silence on the Los Angeles wildfires, which are happening near the home he shares with his wife Nicola Peltz.

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5 hours ago Lakers postpone Hornets game as coach JJ Redick loses home in LA wildfires

Wildfires are burning fiercely across Los Angeles regionLA Rams playoff game still expected to go aheadThe NBA has postponed Thursday’s game between the Lakers and the Charlotte Hornets in Los Angeles due to the wildfires in the region, but the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams still expect their home playoff game on Monday to go ahead.At least five people have been killed, thousands of structures have been incinerated and nearly 180,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes during the disaster. Lakers head coach JJ Redick lost his house in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles in the fires, ESPN reported on Thursday. Continue reading...

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13 minutes ago California fires live updates: at least seven deaths as Los Angeles wildfires rage and crews battle new fire

Kenneth fire erupts and grows quickly, while officials say more than 10,000 structures destroyed in Palisades and Eaton firesFull report: wildfires continue to rage in Los AngelesVisual explainer: why are the LA wildfires so bad?Californians: have you been affected by the wildfires?Five people have died in the Eaton fire in Altadena, an increase from the two reported deaths earlier today, Los Angeles county sheriff Robert Luna told ABC Los Angeles station KABC.Here are some of the latest images from the newswires from the wildfires raging though Los Angeles County. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Photo gallery: Aerial photos show the scope of destruction from the Pacific Palisades wildfire

Street after street, there is little but dark ash and ruin where a wealthy seaside enclave favored by celebrities once stood

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2 hours ago How could Armageddon happen next to Gwynnie's Goop store? CAROLINE GRAHAM sees once

CAROLINE GRAHAM: I entered Pacific Palisades and drove into what felt eerily like the set of a Hollywood horror film.

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7 hours ago Colon cancer doctor reveals surprising foods that slash risk of disease rising in young people

Dr Karen Zaghiyan, who is based out of Los Angeles, says the first item on her list are dairy products with this including whole milk, reduced fat milk, lactose free milk, yogurt, and cheese.

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14 minutes ago Los Angeles wildfires spread to Calabasas, home to Kardashians, as inferno death toll rises

The affluent suburbs of Calabasas and Hidden Hills, home to the Kardashians, have been issued an urgent evacuation order as a new apocalyptic fire tears through West Hills.

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5 hours ago Actor returns to pile of ashes where his Los Angeles home of 13 years once stood

Actor Cameron Mathison documented the moment he returned to his Los Angeles home to find the property reduced to ashes and rubble in the wildfires that have swept the area this week.

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9 hours ago Weather Channel horrifies viewers by airing gruesome sight among fire debris

On Wednesday multiple social media users shared clips of the moment they believed showed human remains amid the devastation left by the wildfires.

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14 minutes ago Los Angeles arsonist is arrested for 'purposely starting Kenneth Fire'

An apocalyptic, fast moving fire that sparked mass evacuations in Calabasas is being investigated as an arson incident, with one suspect arrested.

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5 hours ago Watch live: Biden addresses nation as wildfires tear across Los Angeles

Watch live as Joe Biden addresses the nation as wildfires continue to rip through the Los Angeles County area on Thursday, 9 January.

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15 hours ago EastEnders' Patsy Palmer in tears as her children flee LA pad as wildfires destroy homes

EastEnders star Patsy Palmer has spoken of her heartbreak as she is 'helpless' and 'crying' over the devastating wildfires that are raging through her 'hometown' of Los Angeles

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71 minutes ago I'm with the world's oddest collection of refugees fleeing a Mad Max hellscape into LA's five

The Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills is rammed. As Los Angeles is engulfed by fire, the Hollywood Hills are emptying into it. With nothing to do but sit it out, the bar is heaving.

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7 hours ago WWE's 'Monday Night RAW' Netflix debut averages 2.6M households in US, 4.9M globally

The first episode of World Wrestling Entertainment’s “Monday Night RAW” on Netflix averaged 4.9 million viewers globally and 2.6 million households in the U.S. That's according to VideoAmp

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15 hours ago ‘We raised our children here’: The Hollywood stars whose homes have been ravaged in California wildfires

Anthony Hopkins, Anna Faris and Eugene Levy are among the stars whose properties have been reduced to rubble

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73 minutes ago California fires live updates: at least six deaths as Los Angeles wildfires rage and crews battle new fire

Kenneth fire erupts and grows quickly, while officials say thousands of structures ruined in Palisades and Eaton firesFull report: wildfires continue to rage in Los AngelesVisual explainer: why are the LA wildfires so bad?Californians: have you been affected by the wildfires?Five people have died in the Eaton fire in Altadena, an increase from the two reported deaths earlier today, Los Angeles county sheriff Robert Luna told ABC Los Angeles station KABC.Here are some of the latest images from the newswires from the wildfires raging though Los Angeles County. Continue reading...

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9 hours ago LA officials condemn looters ‘preying’ on residents as wildfires devastate California

Los Angeles officials condemned looters targeting vulnerable communities affected by the devastating wildfires raging in California.

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17 hours ago Several Hollywood stars' family homes destroyed in 'unprecedented' LA wildfires

Paris Hilton and Billy Crystal are among a number of celebrities who have lost their family homes in the 'unprecedented wildfires' currently engulfing Los Angeles

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97 minutes ago Mangled trees, charred homes and ashen land: inside a community leveled by the Palisades fire

Where once kids played and a California neighborhood gathered, the land is now devastated by a ferocious fireIn Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood, street after street is laden with carnage that tells part of the story of the ferocious firestorm that swept through the area over the last two days.Buckled trees and telephone poles are strewn across roads, their piled branches and hanging wires a testimony to the winds that whipped the flames. Intersections are flooded with water, even after the loss of water pressure hampered efforts during the harrowing firefight. Mansions lining the yellow beaches hollowed out, homes in the neighborhoods’ canyons reduced to dust. Continue reading...

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11 hours ago California fires: Los Angeles officials update public as unprecedented blazes rage on – latest updates

Officials said they were dealing with five major fires, which have destroyed almost 2,000 structures and forced 130,000 people to evacuateFull report: wildfires continue to rage in Los AngelesVisual explainer: why are the LA wildfires so bad?Californians: have you been affected by the wildfires?Five people have died in the Eaton fire in Altadena, an increase from the two reported deaths earlier today, Los Angeles county sheriff Robert Luna told ABC Los Angeles station KABC.Here are some of the latest images from the newswires from the wildfires raging though Los Angeles County. Continue reading...

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18 hours ago Paris Hilton says she’s ‘heartbroken beyond words’ after watching home burn down on live TV

Meanwhile, Billy Crystal lost his home of 46 years in the Los Angeles wildfires

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2 hours ago Utter chaos is sparked in Los Angeles County as 9.6million residents are wrongly told to evacuate wildfires

Los Angeles County was falsely told to evacuate Thursday evening after a mass notification was sent out to residents as wild fires rage on in the area.

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13 hours ago California wildfires: officials say significant fire growth is likely as flames spread to Hollywood Hills – live

Officials said they were dealing with five major fires, which have destroyed almost 2,000 structures and forced 130,000 people to evacuateFull report: wildfires spread to hills above Hollywood BoulevardVisual explainer: why are the LA wildfires so bad?Californians: have you been affected by the wildfires?Five people have died in the Eaton fire in Altadena, an increase from the two reported deaths earlier today, Los Angeles county sheriff Robert Luna told ABC Los Angeles station KABC.Here are some of the latest images from the newswires from the wildfires raging though Los Angeles County. Continue reading...

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18 hours ago Paris Hilton 'loses everything' as she watches her home burn to the ground on live TV

Paris Hilton has shared her heartbreak after her Malibu home burnt down in one of the wildfires that are currently ravaging the greater Los Angeles area.

Society

2 hours ago TV presenter Scott Tweedie takes in 12 people amid the destructive LA fires

Wildfires continue to ravage through neighbourhoods of Los Angeles where a further 4,000 structures - many of which are homes - were destroyed on Thursday alone

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17 hours ago ITV Good Morning Britain star 'so scared' as they're forced to evacuate LA home

Good Morning Britain's Ross King has revealed he is preparing to evacuate his Los Angeles home after wildfires raged across the region, saying he is "so scared"

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18 hours ago Paris Hilton shares heartbreak as she watches her home 'burn to the ground on live TV'

Paris Hilton has shared her devastation at having to watch her home that made so many family memories in burn to the ground on live TV amid the tragic Los Angeles wildfires

Society

3 hours ago California fires live updates: Eaton fire destroys up to 5,000 structures as Los Angeles wildfires rage

LA county sheriff seeks curfew to stop ‘unacceptable’ looting, while Palisades wildfire grows to nearly 20,000 acresFull report: wildfires continue to rage in Los AngelesVisual explainer: why are the LA wildfires so bad?Californians: have you been affected by the wildfires?Five people have died in the Eaton fire in Altadena, an increase from the two reported deaths earlier today, Los Angeles county sheriff Robert Luna told ABC Los Angeles station KABC.Here are some of the latest images from the newswires from the wildfires raging though Los Angeles County. Continue reading...

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17 hours ago BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty shares breaking news saying 'there's no end in sight'

Helena Humphrey joined Naga Munchetty on the red sofa to provide an update on the wildfires that are currently ripping through Los Angeles and its surrounding areas.

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20 hours ago Heidi Montag breaks down in tears after Los Angeles wildfires destroy family home

The Hills star Heidi Montag shared her devastation as her home was completely destroyed in the fires that have ripped through Los Angeles

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3 hours ago How the wildfires in Los Angeles area could affect California's home insurance market

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

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18 hours ago All of the Hollywood premieres and events cancelled amid Los Angeles wildfires

Screenings for ‘Unstoppable’, the Critics Choice Awards and the Oscar nominations have all been postponed

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22 hours ago Los Angeles wildfire destroys celebs' homes including Paris Hilton's family pad

Thousands of firefighters are trying to contain the original Palisades fire, which has burnt nearly 16,000 acres, and seven others across southern California in the US

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3 hours ago Simple steps taken to prevent Getty Museum burning down. Why didn't Karen Bass do the same?

The museum's successful efforts to keep the fire at bay begs the question: why didn't Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass use similar tactics to protect homes and land?

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23 hours ago ‘A day not soon forgotten:’ The Palisades take stock after blazes rage

Firefighters said the destruction from the California fires was unlike any they had seen in their decades-long careersThe sun glared red as it sank into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, casting an orange hue over the carnage smoldering on the southern Californian coast. It will be a day not soon forgotten in Los Angeles, which by evening was flanked by catastrophic wildfires in nearly all directions.It’s too early to determine the full extent of the destruction caused by the blazes, but in the neighborhoods bordering the Palisades fire it was clear the impact was enormous. Continue reading...

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22 hours ago Los Angeles wildfires LIVE: Several celebrity homes destroyed by flames

Five people have sadly lost their lives and 1000s have seen their homes destroyed after the worst fires in the city's history tore through Los Angeles amid intense winds

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4 hours ago Burned homes and rattled nerves: Altadena residents grapple with toll of deadly LA blaze

Intense winds scattered embers across huge swaths of land, burning down some houses while leaving some unscathedTell us: how have the California wildfires affected you?Ash was falling gently over the Historic Highlands neighborhood of Pasadena, California, on Thursday as residents began to grapple with the toll of the Eaton fire still being fought in the mountains above.This area was under an evacuation order on Wednesday, and the next day the streets were still littered with fallen branches from Tuesday night’s intense windstorm. The fire broke out early in the evening and spread rapidly amid the powerful gusts, killing at least four people and destroying more than 5,000 structures in the area, which also includes the Altadena and Sierra Madre neighborhoods. As of Thursday afternoon, the blaze had burned 13,690 acres and remained 0% contained. Continue reading...

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23 hours ago ‘A day not soon forgotten’: the Palisades take stock after blazes rage

Firefighters said the destruction from the California fires was unlike any they had seen in their decades-long careersCalifornia wildfires – liveThe sun glared red as it sank into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, casting an orange hue over the carnage smoldering on the southern Californian coast. It will be a day not soon forgotten in Los Angeles, which by evening was flanked by catastrophic wildfires in nearly all directions.It’s too early to determine the full extent of the destruction caused by the blazes, but in the neighborhoods bordering the Palisades fire it was clear the impact was enormous. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Los Angeles fires: All celebrities whose homes have been destroyed from Adam Brody to Paris Hilton

Many celebrities have taken to social media to announced their homes were burned downed in the fires, that started earlier this week

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4 hours ago Far from wildfire flames, residents of sunny Los Angeles go about their lives in disquiet and fear

As fires raged from the seaside enclave of Pacific Palisades to the hillsides above Pasadena — with at least five dead and thousands of homes and other buildings leveled or damaged — residents accustomed to radiant sunshine and balmy weather reckoned with an unsettling reality

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4 hours ago Paris Hilton evacuates four tiny dogs from Los Angeles home destroyed by wildfires

Paris Hilton packed up her four tiny dogs to evacuate their Los Angeles home as wildfires devastated the region this week.

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5 hours ago LA traffic warden slammed for 'issuing parking tickets' as wildfires rage

A Santa Monica warden has been slammed after issuing parking tickets as the Los Angeles wildfire continues to ravage the area.

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5 hours ago In Los Angeles, people snap up air filters and wear masks against smoke pollution

People are taking precautions as multiple wildfires cause poor air quality across a wide swath of Los Angeles County

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5 hours ago Los Angeles wildfires could worsen with wind gusts as 20 looters arrested

Donald Trump blames Democratic governor over California water shortages that have hampered firefighters, as celebrities including Jamie Lee Curtis and Prince Harry offer help to residents who have lost homes

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5 hours ago California fires live updates: death toll likely to rise; Biden announces federal funding for fight against blazes

President says federal government will pay 100% of costs for 180 days for California fire response; one person reportedly killed in Palisades fireFull report: wildfires continue to rage in Los AngelesVisual explainer: why are the LA wildfires so bad?Californians: have you been affected by the wildfires?Five people have died in the Eaton fire in Altadena, an increase from the two reported deaths earlier today, Los Angeles county sheriff Robert Luna told ABC Los Angeles station KABC.Here are some of the latest images from the newswires from the wildfires raging though Los Angeles County. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Wildfires continue to destroy Los Angeles. It’s now up to hundreds of prison inmates to help slow the spread

Inmate firefighters make around $27 for a 24-hour shift

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