The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested two individuals on Tuesday who admitted to setting fires outside of the wildfire zones.​
He spent 27 years with the LAPD, completing his career with the department as the assistant commanding officer of the West Bureau.
At least three people have been arrested in recent days on suspicion of trying to start fires in the area as dangerous winds are returning.
Rain on the way to parched Southern California on Saturday will aid firefighters mopping up multiple wildfires.
Santa Ana winds will continue whipping through Southern California through Thursday, sparking fears that progress made fighting wildfires that have scorched over 40,000 acres and left 28 dead could be reversed and more blazes could break out.
Windy and dry conditions have returned to Southern California, raising the risk of new wildfires sparking as firefighters continue to battle two major blazes in the Los Angeles area that started in similar weather nearly two weeks ago.
Victor McElhaney, the son of an Oakland, CA politician, was shot dead near his University of Southern California March 10, 2019 by a member of the street gang Ghetto Boyz
Viral satellite images showing the words "help," "trafico" and "LAPD" in an empty lot in downtown Los Angeles grabbed people's attention over the weekend on social media, with many asking "what is going on?
Rain is easing after Southern California’s first significant storm of the season brought weekend downpours that aided firefighters but caused ash, mud and debris to flow across streets in wildfire-burned areas.
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.
Three active fires in Los Angeles neared full containment Sunday, as the region receives much-needed rain that has produced flood and mudslide warnings lasting through Monday. Saturday, 4:00 p.m. PST Cal Fire data marked the Palisades Fire at 87% containment, the Eaton Fire at 95% containment and the Hughes Fire at 92% containment.