Follow the latest news, updates and containment efforts for the wildfires burning in Los Angeles, including the Palisades and Eaton fires.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed an executive order suspending parts of the Coastal Act and the California Environmental Quality Act to aid homeowners rebuilding after losses in last week's wildfires.

Gavin Newsom said he has called Donald Trump to discuss the wildfires emergency, but still hasn't heard back from the President-elect.

Mark Wahlberg's wife, Rhea Durham; Lorenzo Lamas; and Sarah Michelle Gellar have criticized Los Angeles officials' leadership after fires raged throughout Los Angeles.

Since Tuesday's devastating wildfire broke out in Pacific Palisades, Trump has referred to the governor as "Gavin Newscum" and blamed him for the infernos.

Gov. Gavin Newsom invited President-elect Donald Trump to California to survey the destruction of the deadly Los Angeles County wildfires, penning a letter Friday asking Trump to join him in meeting with victims and firefighters.

A Malibu surfer who said he helped save nearly a dozen homes as part of a neighborhood fire brigade is calling for prescribed burns to help curb wildfires in California.

In the spirit of this great country, we must not politicize human tragedy or spread disinformation from the sidelines,” Newsom wrote.

Santa Anas are the desiccating winds that are common in winter, blowing out of Nevada and Utah and into southwestern California. Carrying dry desert air, they push over the mountains in the Transverse Ranges and accelerate as they move downslope, howling into the canyons and valleys.

When the covenant between taxpayers and their leaders is broken, as it was this month in Los Angeles, public officials need to be held accountable.

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The California Democrat has pressed moderate measures to aid victims and been a constant TV presence as he and the state battle online falsehoods.