The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with devastating fire damage.
Southern California is bracing for an "unprecedented" third Particularly Dangerous Situation warning in a month, as extreme Santa Ana winds increase fire danger.
It takes 60- to 80-mph winds for the company to shut down transmission lines. CEO Steve Powell said they didn't see winds that powerful.
The National Weather Service issued a Particularly Dangerous Situation warning Monday, says winds could reach up to 100 mph.
Thousands of firefighters are battling wildfires across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles County. About 92,000 people remain under mandatory evacuation orders and another 89,000 are under evacuation warnings.
Another round of fire weather could last for much of next week in Southern California, bringing new dangers as Pacific Palisades, Altadena and surrounding communities struggle to assess the damage of devastating wildfires earlier this month.
Historically, Altadena and Northern Pasadena were home to some of the first middle-class Black communities in California after the Great Migration. But the 710 and 210 freeways built through Pasadena served as a form of redlining, continuing to segregate the city even as the cost of living has also pushed people out.
Lawsuits filed against Southern California Edison for the devastating Eaton wildfire that destroyed thousands of structures and caused deaths.
The most serious red flag fire weather warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for swaths of Los Angeles and Ventura counties in California starting
Critical fire weather is expected to continue until Wednesday at the earliest, increasing the risk that fires will spread further.
the median household income in Altadena is $93,135. That figure is well above the national average but hardly wealthy, especially in California, the U.S.’s most expensive state. On average ...
Officials released details about the recovery effort from the initial Los Angeles fires — an effort expected to last up to 18 months as authorities clear the wreckage.