LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley defended her decision not to deploy additional firefighters ahead of the blazes despite warnings of dangerous conditions.

Critical fire weather is expected to continue until Wednesday at the earliest, increasing the risk that fires will spread further.

Steven Dettelbach, who stepped down from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on Jan. 17, returns to BakerHostetler after more than two years as ATF director. He will join ...

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The source of more than half of all wildfires in the Western US remains unknown, so the US Forest Service has teamed up with computer scientists to create tools that can find answers.

Shifting positions: Trump administration officials continued to reverse or revise the government’s stance on multiple fronts, including active Supreme Court cases, Jan. 6 prosecutions, school book bans, foreign aid programs and gender definitions. Mr. Trump also reinstated a Republican anti-abortion policy known as the “Mexico City Rule.”

Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of communities

The backstory: According to a recent study, authorities never find the source of ignition for more than half of all of wildfires in the Western U.S. — a knowledge gap that can hamper prevention efforts even as climate change ramps up the frequency of these deadly events.

Southern Californians are bracing for gusty winds and a heightened risk of wildfires less than two weeks after deadly blazes that have killed at least 27 people and ravaged thousands of homes.

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Officials remained concerned that the Palisades and Eaton fires could break their containment lines as firefighters continue watching for hot spots.

The fire — which erupted near Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County, north of Santa Clarita, late Wednesday morning — has grown to over 10,000 acres.