California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Thursday that his office has opened multiple investigations into price gouging amid the Los Angeles fires, creating a new Disaster Relief Task Force to tackle what he called "unconscionable" exploitation of evacuees.

After deadly wildfires, Los Angeles County faces a massive rebuilding effort. Families, businesses, and officials confront a long road ahead.

Containment of the deadly Palisades Fire rose to 43% with firefighters catching a break from the weather thanks to low clouds and good humidity.

Somini Sengupta, a Times climate reporter, reflects on a city, its mythology and a reckoning with disaster.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Thursday his office has issued more than 200 warning letters to hotels and landlords suspected of price gouging during the recent Los Angeles wildfires emergency.

Federal officials announced Wednesday multiple housing assistance programs for Los Angeles County residents displaced by the January wildfires, including hotel stays and rental support. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is offering several options for survivors whose homes were damaged or destroyed by fires that began January 7.

The Los Angeles fires have cast uncertainty over when the insurance crisis buffeting the entire state will ease, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara told the Chronicle during an interview Saturday in Santa Monica,

Schools in Malibu that closed due to the Palisades Fire are expected to reopen this week. According to the Santa Monica-Malibu School District, officials’ goal is to get students back in class on Tuesday.

Madison Rindge Bisharat tells PEOPLE her family hiked from Santa Monica to the Palisades to check on their home, which they later discovered was burned to the ground.

When Hermelinda Guadarrama and her daughter went to work to clean Netflix Hollywood’s offices last week, they had no idea that it might be their last day. An hour after they started, their employer told them to go home as the Sunset Fire ignited.