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.

As the federal investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives begin to lay ... they’ll be looking at the Southern California Edison power lines that run along the ...

Much of Los Angeles and Ventura County could experience wind gusts of 50 to 70 mph from early Tuesday through Wednesday as dry Santa Ana winds picked up after relative calm last week, Reuters reported,

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.

Fire investigators are looking at a hiking area called Skull Rock as the potential point of origin for the destructive Palisades fire, which erupted on Jan. 7.

CBS News anchor Jonathan Vigliotti and producer Christian Duran rescuing the dogs, Alma, Archie, and Hugo, from a Pacific Palisades home

Containment continues to rise on the Palisades and Eaton fires, and more people are being allowed to return home in some areas.

LOS ANGELES — Attorneys for a woman who is among thousands who lost their homes in the Eaton Fire outside Los Angeles say Southern California Edison ... investigators with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have taken the ...