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.

Santa Monica Police Department has released mugshots on Monday of three people suspected of looting during the ongoing Palasides fire that has devastated Los Angeles.

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Firefighters are looking to make as much progress against the Palisades and Eaton fires as possible over the weekend, before sever winds are expected to come back to Los Angeles and Ventura counties early next week.

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

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.

The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a red flag warning at 9:54 a.m. on Tuesday in effect until 10 p.m. The warning is for Ventura County Beaches, Ventura County Inland Coast, Central Ventura County Valleys,

Some looters in Los Angeles are using wildfire evacuation maps to find empty homes and burglarize them, police said. Police officers have been on high alert looking for looters ever

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.

After authorities reopened parts of Altadena for the first time since the Eaton fire, residents returned to a grim checkerboard of destroyed homes next to others that were largely spared.

As winds across the Southern California area are calmer than their peak and firefighters are making progress, the threat to the fire-weary region remains with Santa Ana winds expected to continue in the coming days.