The Hughes fire, burning near Castaic Lake north of Santa Clarita, exploded to more than 10,000 acres of mostly brush in just a few hours. More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders and warnings.

At least 16 people have lost their lives in the series of fast-moving blazes, which officials have declared one of the worst disasters to ever hit California. Although smoke-eaters still have ...

nearly the size of Manhattan. That fire is the second most destructive inferno in California history, according to one complaint. The suits cited multiple eyewitness accounts and images that ...

It's a rapidly changing situation - these maps and pictures show the scale of the challenge, where the fires are and the damage they have caused. The largest blaze, in the Pacific Palisades area is the most destructive fire in Los Angeles history. More than 23,000 acres have now burnt.

More than 100,000 Los Angeles County residents remain under evacuation orders, and the threat of fire there is not over. New evacuations were ordered last night and strong Santa Ana winds are expected to pick up again today.

Much of Southern California was under an elevated ... roughly three times the size of Manhattan. The Eaton Fire near Pasadena was roughly one-third contained, while the largest blaze in Pacific ...

California, on Jan. 8, 2025. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/TNS) Genaro Molina TNS The Eaton Fire, which sparked Tuesday near Pasadena, had scorched a total of 13,690 acres and damaged at least ...

The largest of the Los Angeles wildfires has changed course, triggering new evacuation orders in wealthy neighbourhoods. Six simultaneous blazes have scorched more than 35,000 acres since Tuesday, killing at least 16 people and destroying 10,000 structures. More than 153,000 Angelenos are under evacuation orders.

Thousands of Pasadena students returned to their classrooms on Thursday for the first time since the Eaton Fire started.

Ken Bensinger, a politics reporter based in Los Angeles, explores the pain of families digging through the rubble.

Moments after the morning bell rang Thursday, the kindergartners at Pasadena’s Willard Elementary School — back in class for the first time since the Eaton fire roared through the area — were fully engaged in what 5-year-olds do best: play.

The Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed or damaged more than 8,500 homes in an already tight housing market. Experts said the disaster will probably put upward pressure on rents in areas close to the fires,