Altadena residents can have the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department check on their homes for free as the Eaton Fire cleanup efforts continued through the weekend.

Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,448 acres after being active for 20 days. A crew of 1,043 firefighters has been working on site and they managed to contain 94% of the fire by Monday afternoon. The blaze's cause remains under investigation.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is working to locate and identify dozens of missing persons from the wildfires.

Jan. 8, 1:25 p.m. PST The Palisades Fire in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades—an affluent coastal neighborhood—exploded to 15,832 acres, according to Cal Fire, making it the largest fire of the four burning in Los Angeles County as of Wednesday afternoon.

A 6-year-old girl is dead after a driver ran a red light at a busy intersection in Palmdale, Calif., on Jan. 25.

Much-needed rain has begun to fall over Southern California, bringing relief to the drought-stricken region but also the threat of toxic runoff.

The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department launched a Looter Suppression Team for the Altadena area scorched by the Eaton fire.

The degree of mismanagement is epic. It’s incompetence married with poisonous ideology, said Villanueva, who was sheriff between 2018 and 2022.

After weekend rainfall caused mudslides in wildfire burn scar areas and snow created dangerous driving conditions, several roadways and schools were closed across the Southern California region.

The National Weather Service said there is a 15-25% chance of thunderstorms across the region, which could bring periods of heavy rainfall that could overwhelm the burn-scar areas.

January 23, 2025 – Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials report that the Sheriff’s Century Station is asking for the public’s help locating Missing Person Michelle Arroyo. She is a 15-year-old Hispanic female who was last seen on January 17, 2025, at approximately 3:20 p.m. on the 2400 block of 115th Street in the city of Los Angeles.

Deputies claim that the man fired shots at them as he attempted to flee from a home where they were called for reports of domestic violence.