The Pacific Palisades fire in Los Angeles and Pasadena, California has destroyed one synagogue and is threatening two others and many homes.

Hurricane-force winds have helped four fires move quickly through Los Angeles County, putting houses, historic buildings and lives in danger.

Rabbis and community leaders help local Jews get to safety, coordinate with authorities as flames whip across the city; 'We’ve been through this before,' federation CEO says

At least five people have been killed and thousands of structures have burned in wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area

We’re tracking the fires in Los Angeles, California. See maps of recently burned areas and key locations in the vicinity of the fire.

Grass banks ignited as the Palisades Fire ravaged Los Angeles, California, on Tuesday. Footage captured by David Hansen while he was driving by Chabad Palisades shows vehicles engulfed in flames in the parking area.

Firefighters are making progress slowing the major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and caused thousands of people to flee their homes.

Ferocious winds that drove the flames and led to chaotic evacuations have calmed somewhat and were not expected to be as powerful during the day. That could provide an opportunity for firefighters to make progress reining in blazes that have hopscotched across the sprawling region,