The biggest impact was in the area of the Eaton fire with at least 139 centers lost, along with family homes that provided child care.
The fires began on Jan. 7, 2025, what seemed like a regular Tuesday morning, fueled by historic gusts of Santa Ana winds.
Residents of the historically Black community of Altadena are feeling neglected after President Donald Trump failed to survey their damage from the Los Angeles wildfires.
The death toll in the Los Angeles fires has risen to 29. The two largest fires, the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades and the Eaton Fire near Pasadena, remain active.
The timing also would mean higher costs for rebuilding efforts in L.A. County communities destroyed by wildfires.
President Trump landed in Los Angeles Friday afternoon to tour damage from the devastating Palisades Fire, one of two deadly wildfires fires this month, greeting Gov. Gavin Newsom who was waiting at the bottom of the steps to Air Force One.
Los Angeles, Pasadena and others are putting in extra work to make sure wildfire areas full of green waste debris get cleaned up before this rain.
So far, many clues to the origins of the deadly Eaton fire, which started in the area just after 6 p.m. that evening and went on to kill 17 people, have pointed to the brushy hillside where a tangle of electrical lines stretch up Eaton Canyon.
At least 29 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage across Southern California.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) is the nation’s largest life sciences landlord with some of the world’s largest biotech and pharmaceutical companies as tenants. But its headquarters is in Pasadena, Calif., which was one of the areas most affected by the historically destructive wildfires that devastated Los Angeles County this month.
Following devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, Oceanside fire and water officials discussed the city's fire risks and preparedness.