The Palisades Fire, the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history, edged closer to one of the city’s major population centers on Friday: the San Fernando Valley. Sky5 footage showed the fire’s northern flank burning toward Mulholland Drive in the Santa Monica Mountains, where aerial firefighting crews have dropped slurry lines in hopes of halting the fire’s northern progress. Jan. 10, 2025.

Updates: https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/palisades-fire-now-historic-and-deadly-continues-to-grow-in-scale-and-devastation/

New evacuation orders and warnings are in effect as the Palisades Fire threatens communities in the San Fernando Valley on Friday, Jan. 10, 2024.

Gil Leyvas reports from Sky5.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/palisades-fire-now-historic-and-deadly-continues-to-grow-in-scale-and-devastation/

Los Angeles County authorities and officials provided an update on the ongoing wildfires burning across Southern California on Friday, Jan. 10, 2024.

Details: https://ktla.com/

Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn is proposing that the county’s emergency alert system be disabled until a solution to the technical error that caused millions to erroneously receive evacuation warnings is fixed.

KTLA's Shelby Nelson reports on Jan. 10, 2025.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/false-warnings-sparks-l-a-county-officials-proposal-to-temporary-shutdown-emergency-alert-system/

KTLA’s Vera Jimenez said Friday’s onshore flow can bring a moisture-filled sea breeze to counteract the Santa Ana winds in the coastal regions near the Palisades Fire, slowing the harsh winds before they pick back up on Saturday and Sunday. For more fire coverage: KTLA.com

A Facebook post announcing that wildfire victims displaced by the Eaton Fire could return home for a one-time trip has since been deleted. https://trib.al/dTgwQcI

Sky5's Gil Leyvas reports from the northern flank of the Palisades Fire, which is slowly creeping toward the heavily-populated San Fernando Valley. Jan. 10, 2025. Updates: https://trib.al/Tbf1X8A

The Olivas Fire, which burned in a riverbed adjacent to Olivas Park Drive in Ventura, is seen from video shot by the Ventura County Fire Department on Jan. 8, 2025. At least one person, believed to be unhoused, died while attempting to escape the flames.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/man-dies-trying-to-escape-southern-california-wildfire-sheriff-says/

Since Thursday afternoon, millions of L.A. County residents have received false evacuation warning notices. KTLA's Shelby Nelson reports. Jan. 10, 2025. Details: https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/false-warnings-sparks-l-a-county-officials-proposal-to-temporary-shutdown-emergency-alert-system/

KTLA 5 News provides continuing coverage of the wildfires ravaging metro Los Angeles. Jan. 10, 2025.

The Halpin family of Altadena gathered to pray and sing a hymn over the rubble of their home destroyed by the Eaton Fire on Jan. 9, 2025. (Vide/Instagram: Nicole Tittmann)

Officials held a press conference Friday at 1 p.m. to discuss the latest developments in the ongoing battle with the Eaton Fire burning in the Pasadena area.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/national-guard-arrives-to-assist-deputies-as-eaton-fire-continues-to-rage-in-l-a-county/