Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s.

Polling shows many Americans blame climate change for the disaster.

About 1,600 policies for Pacific Palisades homeowners were dropped by State Farm in July, the state insurance office says.

Jay Gilberg bought a five-bedroom, 4,800-square-foot (446-sq-meter) home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades in June to merge two households, bringing his two daughters, his girlfriend,

I have friends who lost houses. I have family who were burned out of their home. Los Angeles has lost churches, synagogues, and architecture that are part of our collective history—not just architectural gems, but civic hubs and touchstones for communal memory.

The scale of the effort will be vast — the area scorched by the major fires is equal to three times the size of Manhattan.

More than a dozen dogs and cats from Southern California are now resting in Sonoma County after rescuers traveled to the region this week.

Those looking to assist residents affected by the Los Angeles County firestorm have a number of options to donate money, materials or their time.

As wildfires continue to devastate Los Angeles, leaving thousands displaced and causing widespread destruction, experts urge long-term support and careful giving.

Awareness of doom in Los Angeles, and yet a need to push disaster away, has created a kind of collective psychosis.

Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of communities