At least 16 people have died in the blaze, east of downtown Los Angeles. Officials expect the number to rise as the police make their way through devastated neighborhoods.

Several iconic landmarks have been damaged or destroyed as the wildfires continue to burn across Southern California.

Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County, the blazes were already rewriting the record books.

The Los Angeles-area blazes, which authorities say have killed at least 16 people, have leveled homes, businesses and schools at an alarming speed. Among the areas hardest hit is Pacific Palisades, an affluent neighborhood west of downtown Los Angeles that the Beach Boys referred to in “Surfin’ USA,” their 1963 ode to sunny coastal California life.

Wildfires in Los Angeles are being driven by climate change, not political mismanagement, and California’s leaders have taken meaningful steps to address the issue, but the sheer scale of

Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County Wednesday, the blazes were already rewriting the record books.

Fanned by strong winds, the wildfires have killed at least 24 people and swept through 40,000 acres in the Greater Los Angeles area.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that waives building permits to help Los Angeles rebuild faster following devastating wildfires.

The NFL has moved a wildfire-impacted game in California to Arizona before, and ASU's staff undertook a last-minute turnaround to make it happen.

The home ignites, becoming the fire’s fuel. Soon, it puts off radiant heat that can ignite the exterior of the home next door, which then allows fire to penetrate to the neighbor’s carpets, furniture and appliances. In dense neighborhoods, the events play out like a contagion.

LAFD took the type of dramatic measures in preparation of dangerous winds that the department failed to employ last week in advance of the Palisades fire.