Fire-affected residents can receive assistance from a number of county, state, and federal departments and agencies at any one of the three centers.

FEMA is opening a new disaster recovery center in Altadena to assist Eaton fire victims, and the sheriff's department says it will conduct property checks of vacant homes.

Southern California is bracing for an "unprecedented" third Particularly Dangerous Situation warning in a month, as extreme Santa Ana winds increase fire danger.

Altadena residents can have the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department check on their homes for free as the Eaton Fire cleanup efforts continued through the weekend.

The National Weather Service issued a Particularly Dangerous Situation warning Monday, says winds could reach up to 100 mph.

Citing airborne contaminants and a lack of running water, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department shut down the Altadena sheriff’s station Thursday in the aftermath of the Eaton fire. A day earlier,

After surviving the fire, many California residents are facing the secondary threat of looters taking advantage of chaotic conditions and abandoned property.

SHE JOINS US LIVE FROM ALTADENA, THE PLACE OF THE EATON FIRE. AND THERE’S JUST SO MUCH DESTRUCTION. ANDREA. LISA, IT’S JUST YOU DON’T EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW BAD IT IS UNTIL YOU’RE HERE ON THE GROUND. WE’RE SEEING THE DEVASTATION FIRSTHAND.

With parts of Los Angeles County still smoldering from wildfires, the expected rain this weekend would seem like a welcome relief. But how the rain falls could make the difference between a disaster respite or a disaster repeat.

Jan. 8, 1:25 p.m. PST The Palisades Fire in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades—an affluent coastal neighborhood—exploded to 15,832 acres, according to Cal Fire, making it the largest fire of the four burning in Los Angeles County as of Wednesday afternoon.

Twenty-eight people have died across the Los Angeles area. Officials have said the true death toll isn’t known as the fires continue to burn.