42 minutes ago California fires live: around 35,000 homes and business without electricity in LA as 16 deaths confirmed

LA Department of Water and Power says it is working to restore power as Los Angeles county sheriff says death toll expected to riseFull report: international crews arrive to battle raging wildfiresPoliticians quibbling as LA burns: Gavin Newsom’s latest beef with TrumpDetails emerge about the LA fire victimsHere is video of Los Angeles residents returning to their homes to assess the damaged left by the devastating fires which raged through multiple areas of the city:34,646 homes and businesses in Los Angeles are now without electricity, according to Poweroutage.us, an outage monitor that tracks blackouts across the US.San Bernardino: 8,333Riverside: 7, 152Santa Barbara: 2,081 Continue reading...

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1 hour ago California wildfires: How and why did fire hydrants run dry across Los Angeles?

Critics have erroneously blamed California environmental policies and empty reservoirs for lack of water

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2 hours ago California wildfires: Former child star dies on family estate after ‘water shut off’

British-born star, who was born blind and lived with cerebral palsy, was unable to be rescued

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2 hours ago California fires live: 16 deaths confirmed as flames threaten UCLA campus and worsening winds predicted

Los Angeles county sheriff says death toll expected to rise, with firefighters racing to contain Palisades fireFull report: international crews arrive to battle raging wildfiresPoliticians quibbling as LA burns: Gavin Newsom’s latest beef with TrumpDetails emerge about the LA fire victimsCalifornia attorney general Rob Bonta has warned that it is illegal to engage in price gouging, looting or scamming of any kind and those who do in response to the fires will be held accountable by the law.“We’ve seen businesses and landlords jack up the price,” he told journalists at a press conference yesterday. “It’s called price gouging. It is illegal. You cannot do it. It is a crime punishable by up to a year in jail and fines.” Continue reading...

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2 hours ago California fire tornado forms as wind whips up flames in Pacific Palisades wildfires

California fire tornados formed as strong winds whipped up flames in the Pacific Palisades wildfires.

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2 hours ago LA fires death toll rises to 16 with firefighters bracing for strong winds as California weather conditions worsen

Outrage over the handling of the devastating Los Angeles fires is heating up amid reports that city leaders failed to prepare local reservoirs while power grids struggled hours before the blazes.

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3 hours ago Halsey, Teddi Mellencamp, Jonathan Majors and Tori Spelling are latest stars to evacuate as LA fires continue to burn

On Saturday, the 30-year-old singer shared an update about how she, her three-year-old son Ender and her fiancé Avan Jogia had evacuated safely.

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3 hours ago Steve Guttenberg's $5M Pacific Palisades home narrowly avoids being burned to the ground in LA fire

Steve Guttenberg's Pacific Palisades home narrowly avoided igniting this week as the initial Los Angeles wildfire, which stared Tuesday, tore through his neighborhood.

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4 hours ago BREAKING: LA fires death toll rises to 16 as firefighters send 'cadaver dogs' into smoking ruins

Dogs have been deployed in Los Angeles to search for human remains among the tens of thousands of burned out acres, with six fires still raging in California after nearly a week

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4 hours ago LA fires death toll rises to 16 as firefighters send 'cadaver dogs' into smoking ruins

Dogs have been deployed in Los Angeles to search for human remains among the tens of thousands of burned out acres, with six fires still raging in California after nearly a week

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5 hours ago Miley Cyrus shares heartache for LA fire victims six years after her own home burned down in Malibu blaze

Miley Cyrus revealed that her 'soul aches' for the victims of the catastrophic L.A. wildfires six years after her own home in Malibu was destroyed in the 2018 Woolsey blaze.

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5 hours ago 'Overeager' reporter slammed by internet as cringeworthy Dennis Quaid interview goes viral amid LA fires

In a now-viral news clip, the 70-year-old actor was interrupted by a reporter for NBC 4 Los Angeles and his cameraperson outside of his Brentwood home.

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5 hours ago Ultra exclusive hotel for Hollywood's elite opens its doors to firefighters amid LA fires

To support the community amid the ongoing, devastating wildfires ravaging through Los Angeles, the Chateau Marmont is welcoming firefighters.

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8 hours ago California fires latest: 16 confirmed dead and at least 13 missing as dangerous winds set to return after weekend

Palisades and Eaton fires continue to rage with more than 36,000 acres burned

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8 hours ago California fires: 16 killed and 10,000 structures destroyed as blazes continue

Strong winds and low humidity continue as five fires rage across Los Angeles area, with death toll expected to riseLos Angeles fires: the damage in maps, video and imagesWeather forecasters in Los Angeles were expecting fast, dry winds to return towards the end of the weekend, threatening to fuel wildfires that have already destroyed 10,000 structures and killed 16 people.Urgent “red flag” alerts – meaning critical fire weather conditions – announced by the US National Weather Service (NWS) said moderate to strong wind and low humidity would continue on Friday morning, as five fires raged across the metropolis. Continue reading...

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13 hours ago California fires live: governor doubles national guard in LA as firefighters arrive from Mexico and Canada

Palisades and Eaton fires start coming under control as fierce winds ease but forecasters predict another red flag warning for MondayFull report evacuation orders expand as Santa Ana winds set to pick upHow the climate crisis fuels devastating wildfiresLos Angeles fires: the damage in maps, video and imagesThe LA fire department issued a new immediate evacuation order at 7pm local time on Friday for the Palisades fire. It affects the following areas:It covers Sunset Boulevard north to Encino Reservoir and from the 405 Freeway west to Mandeville Canyon.The fires, coupled with strong winds, have severely degraded air quality by releasing hazardous smoke and particulate matter, posing immediate and long-term risks to public health. Continue reading...

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14 hours ago Dennis Quaid grows emotional after being evacuated amid LA fires and reveals his agent lost both his homes

Beginning this Tuesday, the area was struck by its worst windstorms in over a decade, fueling fires that have destroyed thousands of structures and claimed at least 11 lives over the course of the week.

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15 hours ago Khloe Kardashian says 'brighter days will come' as she prays for LA amid devastating fires

'Through every challenge, we find new strength. Stay safe, help each other, and remember that brighter days will come. I'm praying for us all,' she posted to her Instagram Stories.

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17 hours ago Joan Didion and Mike Davis understood LA through its fires. Even they didn’t predict this week

Fire is an inextricable part of the region’s identity, as the writers knew. But the way this divided city burns has been transformedTalking about fire and Los Angeles is an exercise in repetition. Southern California does have seasons, Joan Didion once noted in Blue Nights, among them “the season when the fire comes”.Fire in Los Angeles has a singular ability to shock, with its destruction that takes “grimly familiar pathways” down the canyons and into the subdivisions. The phrase comes from Mike Davis’s 1995 essay The Case for Letting Malibu Burn, and it is as true for the fires as for our talk of the fires. Even our reflections take on that grim familiarity: we cite Joan Didion citing Nathanael West. We fall in with the great writers of this great city who are always so ready to judge it. Continue reading...

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