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KTLA’s Mary Beth McDade speaks to a group of firefighters who were privately contracted by residents and homeowners to defend properties from the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon on Jan. 11, 2025.

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

A Southern California family is devastated after eight members of the same family all lost their homes to the Eaton Fire.

Spread out among eight homes owned by aunts, uncles and more, around 30 members of the Williams family lived within walking distance of each other. As the Eaton Fire ignited on Jan. 7 and quickly spread to communities near Pasadena and beyond, the family evacuated and prepared for the worst.

KTLA's Rick Chambers reports on Jan. 10, 2025.

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

KTLA's Mary Beth McDade, Rachel Menitoff, Chris Wolfe, John Fenoglio and Gil Leyvas report on Jan. 10, 2025.

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

Los Angeles City Councilwoman Traci Park (District 11) speaks to KTLA as new mandatory evacuations and earnings are in effect for San Fernando Valley communities due to the Palisades Fire on Friday, Jan. 10, 2024.

Details: 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/

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/

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/