One of the biggest cleanup challenges from the Southern California fires is lithium-ion batteries, which can explode after damage or exposure to heat. The batteries are found in electric vehicles, which abounded in some burned neighborhoods, including Pacific Palisades.

The Los Angeles fires are likely to exacerbate California's inventory and affordability crisis, bringing up demand at a time when supply has further shrunk.

When a massive fire erupted at one of the world's largest lithium-ion battery storage facilities in Monterey County, it didn't just send a toxic plume of smoke over nearby communities — it cast a shadow of doubt over the future of California's clean energy industry.

A new bid to place a measure on the ballot that would ask California voters to approve the state's secession from the U.S. has been cleared for signature gathering.

USA TODAY analysis finds 3.3 million Americans live in areas with "very high" wildfire risk and 14.8 million more at “relatively high” risk.

A delegation of Israeli firefighting experts spent a week in California helping American crews combat the LA fires. One member of the team described the experience as an "honor."

Rain on the way to parched Southern California on Saturday will aid firefighters mopping up multiple wildfires.

The NWS Hanford CA issued a freeze watch at 11:23 a.m. on Sunday valid from Tuesday 1 a.m. until Wednesday 9 a.m. The watch is for Los Banos - Dos Palos, Merced - Madera - Mendota, Planada - Le Grand - Snelling,

On Sunday at 10:11 a.m. a special weather statement was issued by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA in effect until 10:45 a.m. The alert is for Malibu Coast, Los Angeles, Palos Verdes Hills and Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Recreational area.