Updating maps of Southern California show where wildfires, including the Palisades and Eaton fires, are burning across Los Angeles.

Cal Fire’s total base wildfire protection budget has nearly tripled over the past 10 years, from $1.1 billion in 2014‑15 to $3 billion in 2023‑24.

Just over $100 million was cut from California's wildfire and forest resilience fund in the latest budget, though total spending has grown sharply since 2014.

A damaging Santa Ana wind event was peaking early Wednesday and was expected to stay strong through early afternoon.

Here’s a basic glossary to terms used to describe wildland fires, according to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group: Containment, normally expressed as a percentage, indicates how much of the fire has been enclosed by a control line. A wildfire with 25% containment means control lines have been completed around 25% of the fire’s perimeter.

Misinformation about Oregon fire trucks being denied entry into California to fight wildfires has been debunked by The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

The Texas Division of Emergency Management announced that it has sent additional emergency management personnel to help with wildfire response and recovery efforts in California.

California is years behind in implementing a 2020 law aiming to make it harder for homes to burn during a wildfire.

A fast-moving wildfire in Southern California has so far burned through more than 1,000 acres on Tuesday, Jan. 7. and has prompted widespread evacuations around the coastal neighborhood of the Pacific Palisades,

Responding to such reports, the California Fire Facts website states that "the number of CalFIRE [California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ... funding for wildfire and forest ...

become the main long-term fire retardant used by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The components of long-term fire retardants are mainly salts – typically agricultural ...