1/14/25 7:55 p.m. – The death toll has dropped back down to 24, the LA Medical Examiner announced. Officials said one of the cases turned out to be non-human remains. 6:30 p.m. – The Palisades Fire is now 18% contained, according to CAL FIRE 4:30 p.m. – The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner is now
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Thousands of structures, including homes, have been destroyed by fires in Los Angeles. Below are ways for locals to help those impacted. If you know of any donation drives or other ways locals can help, send information to Share@KESQ.com. Verified GoFundMe Link to Help Those Impacted by the Fires Local Donation Drives One Valley Foundation
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A 37-year-old man was arrested for allegedly running over an officer’s foot while trying to access fire evacuation areas in Santa Monica without authorization, police said today. According to the Santa Monica Police Department, officers responded to the intersection of Ocean and California avenues around 6:45 a.m. Monday to reports of a hit-and-run incident involving
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Multiple lawsuits have reportedly been filed against Southern California Edison alleging that the company’s equipment started the deadly Eaton Fire. Richard Bridgford of Bridgford, Gleason & Artinian issued a statement after filing a complaint for one of its clients Monday with the Los Angeles Superior Court: “Based upon our investigation, our discussions with various consultants,
Continue ReadingBy John Ramos Click here for updates on this story California (KPIX) — Changes to the way the insurance industry is regulated in California may mean all of the state’s residents will be paying for at least a part of the cost of rebuilding from the destructive wildfires in Los Angeles County. One look at
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Palacios Click here for updates on this story PACIFIC PALISADES, Los Angeles (KABC) — Schools in Los Angeles and Santa Monica are slowly reopening but Palisades Charter High School is far from welcoming back students. The school is urgently looking to secure a temporary campus for its students and staff after the entire
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By KABC Staff Click here for updates on this story ALTADENA, Calif. (KABC) — A Pasadena firefighter who worked tirelessly on the front lines to contain the devastating Eaton Fire and save his community suffered a personal loss during that same fire. Chien Yu, who works as a fire engineer, began battling the Eaton Fire
Continue ReadingBy James Taylor, CBS13 Photojournalist Click here for updates on this story DAVIS, California (KOVR/KMAX) — A Cal Fire facility in Davis is playing a crucial role in the response to the devastating Southern California wildfires. Hundreds of mutual-aid fire engines are stopping there first before making their way down to the Los Angeles area.
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Martin Johnson and his fiancé, Celeigh Chapman, had spent several years restoring and renovating their home in Altadena by hand. It took only hours to lose the home and everything in it last week. “We didn’t have a kitchen for a year and a half. We had
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The generosity of Coachella Valley residents is being felt all the way in Los Angeles. On Saturday, two local businesses, G.E.M. Billing Solutions and Mi Cultura Peruvian Colombian Cuisine, hosted a donation drive for people displaced by the LA wildfires. The organizers, two friends – Jordan Machado and Jori Moreno, felt compelled to organize the
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms will lead an investigation into the cause of multiple wildfires raging across southern California, according to the Los Angeles Times. Among them, the most destructive in L.A. County history, the Palisades Fire. News Channel 3 spoke to several Palisades homeowners who said they witnessed the onset of the
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Eight people who allegedly looted homes during the massive fires in Altadena and Pacific Palisades have been charged with residential burglary and two others have been charged with other crimes, including a man who allegedly set a fire at a park in Azusa, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced today. Roy Sims, 18;
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In an effort to secure $2.5 billion in additional funding for ongoing emergency response efforts in the L.A. region, Gov. Gavin Newsom today expanded a special session of the California Legislature. The governor signed a proclamation Monday, which expands the scope of the current special session and allows the legislature to consider and approve new
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Joining the numerous relief efforts to aid wildfire victims as well as firefighters, the L.A. area’s 12 professional sports organizations have combined to pledge more than $8 million in donations, according to numbers compiled by the Dodgers. The combined donations of the Dodgers, Angels, Rams, Chargers, Lakers, Clippers, Sparks, Kings, Ducks, Galaxy, LAFC and
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — As they say in Hollywood, the show must go on. On Monday, it was announced that both the Grammys and Oscars would proceed as planned on February 2 and March 2, respectively, answering a question that has been debated behind the scenes by decision makers tasked with figuring out
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By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — It’s been less than a week since the year’s first wildfire embers raced through the air over Los Angeles, carried by hurricane-level Santa Ana wind gusts to spark some of the deadliest wildfires California has ever seen. The Palisades Fire started Tuesday, and by the end of Wednesday it
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With the fires still burning across L.A. County and a red flag warning issued for the coming days, Rotary clubs across the Coachella Valley providing much-needed relief to those struggling in the aftermath of the fires, host several fire relief donation drives in Palm Desert and Palm Springs, getting resources for those in need. Residents
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For Melanie Bonhomme, the life she built for herself and her five-year-old son in Pacific Palisades is now unrecognizable after the Palisades Fire ravaged through her community. “All of these places destroyed, down to the ground, blackened across the street. There was an assisted living facility and condos gone. There’s gas stations on my block,
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Coachella Valley residents are stepping up to help support their neighbors to the west who are facing the unimaginable. G.E.M. Billing Solutions and Mi Cultura Peruvian Colombian Cuisine hosted a donation drive Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for people displaced by the LA wildfires. Two friends – Jordan Machado and Jori Moreno felt
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INCIDENTCOUNTIESSTARTEDACRESCONTAINMENTPalisades FireLos Angeles1/07/202522,66011%Eaton FireLos Angeles1/07/202514,11715%Kenneth FireLos Angeles, Ventura1/09/20251,05280%Hurst FireLos Angeles1/07/202579976%Numbers provided by CalFire On Saturday morning, Los Angeles County officials provided a live update on the several fires burning across the county. According to the LAPD and the LA County Sheriff, 11 people have been killed in the fires so far, and Red Flag conditions
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