The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is working to locate and identify dozens of missing persons from the wildfires.
The degree of mismanagement is epic. It’s incompetence married with poisonous ideology, said Villanueva, who was sheriff between 2018 and 2022.
As weather conditions improve and firefighters make progress in containing the Los Angeles wildfires, hazards remain at the site of each blaze. Follow for live updates.
Some residents might need to wait another week or more before they can return to homes still standing in the Eaton and Palisades fire zones, authorities said Thursday.
Firefighters are working around the clock to contain the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire. Thousands of people were forced to evacuate when the blazes ignited and destroyed more than 12,000 structures. Here are the latest updates.
Firefighters are making progress, officials said, but residents must be ready for a return of powerful winds that could spread flames.
The death toll from the Los Angeles wildfires rose to 27 on Thursday, while at least 36 people remain missing, city and county authorities said.