Rain may bring relief to crews battling fires in Los Angeles, but the scorched earth left behind poses a new hazard for residents.

As of Friday afternoon, the Border fire was 4,250 acres in size and 10 percent contained, but no structures were threatened.

If California were a country, its economy would rank fifth internationally, behind only the U.S., China, Germany, and Japan. Despite having a population the size of Canada. It's home to one in eight Americans. Nationally, its residents contribute the largest amount to federal income tax coffers.

The former mayor of the town at the center of California's deadliest wildfire encouraged L.A. to get its churches, schools and community spaces open as soon as possible — and not shy away from difficult fire safety conversations.

By 2 a.m. local time Thursday, the Los Angeles Fire Department declared "all forward progress stopped" on the Sepulveda Fire and lifted the evacuation warnings. As of 8:30 a.m., the fire was 60% contained after consuming 40 acres, the LAFD said.

As more than 60 square miles Los Angeles violently burned earlier this month, then-President Elect Donald Trump placed blame on a fish. Trump falsely implied in a Truth Social post that Los Angeles lacked the water to put out the fires because Gov.

President Trump called on federal officials to draft plans to route more water to the crop-rich Central Valley and densely populated cities in the southern part of the state.

Proponents of a future ballot measure urging California to secede from the United States and become an independent country have been cleared to gather signatures.

Carolla spoke about leaving his home due to wildfires and his upcoming gigs, including an appearance at the Comedy Fantasy Camp in Hollywood this weekend.

Donald Trump has named two conditions that he said he will need to see before agreeing to provide federal disaster relief to California.

As a congressman who led the first impeachment of President Trump, Mr. Schiff relished his role in the resistance. Now a senator, he must protect his state’s interests at a perilous time.