Wednesday, 3:49 p.m. PST The Hughes Fire increased to 8,096 acres, spreading northeast and triggering 12 evacuation warnings and 10 evacuation orders for adjacent areas. Wednesday, 1:17 p.m. PST The Hughes Fire spread to 5,054 acres in a largely mountainous area.

Pacific Coast Highway in the city of Santa Monica has been reopened for residents and businesses. The Santa Monica Police Department has also lifted all city street closures. They ask residents to remain vigilant in areas that were previously under evacuation warnings.

Amid the tragedy a look at the before and after pictures of neighbourhoods from Malibu, to Hollywood Hills, Pasadena and the Los Angeles skyline.

A red flag warning was issued by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA on Wednesday at 9:40 a.m. in effect until Thursday at 8 p.m. The warning is for Western Santa Monica Mountains Recreational area, Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Recreational area,

Here is the view from live cameras in the Los Angeles area, from Pacific Palisades to Altadena to the Hollywood Hills, showing wildfires scorching acre after acre.

An arson suspect was arrested in connection to a brush fire in Griffith Park after firefighters quickly put out the small blaze.

The department has released the mugshots of four people suspected of looting during the Palasides fires in Los Angeles. Santa Monica Police ... "Will progressives in California will now better ...

The sole population of Southern California steelhead in the coastal range has survived flames and drought but finds itself facing another threat.

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The "Barbenheimer" homes, one sporting an all-black exterior and the other with bright pink and purple accents, were not damaged in the fires, as of Thursday.

On Wednesday at 1:51 p.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued an updated wind advisory valid from 2 p.m. until Thursday 2 p.m. The advisory is for Ventura County Beaches, Ventura County Inland Coast,

State authorities previously listed the Palisades as one of the five Southern California areas with the highest concentration of potential wildfire risks. The community also is among the areas most impacted by an unavailability of insurance coverage.