Latest news and live updates on the Pacific Palisades brush fire in California as evacuations and road closures are underway.

Wildfires tore across the Los Angeles area with devastating force Wednesday after setting off a desperate escape from burning ...

“The wind is going to get worse tonight,” Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said, as Santa Ana gusts swirled at a press conference at Will Rogers State Beach ... abandoned ...

California firefighters battled wind-whipped wildfires that tore across the Los Angeles area, destroying homes and clogging ...

Witnesses describe homes being "completely levelled" by the spreading blaze, as strong winds fan the flames towards the city.