Santa Monica, CA resident Keaton Osborn details how he tried to save his parents’ home from the wildfires and the harrowing scenes from Pacific Palisades on ‘The Faulkner Focus.’

An alert designated to warn people of a fire northwest of downtown Los Angeles went sent county-wide, according to a local official. At the time, emergency management was monitoring the Kenneth Fire which triggered its own evacuations.

The Westside of LA is certainly not as well-known for its comedy scene as, say, Hollywood. But The Crow is bringing laughs to Santa Monica, from comedy legends to their one-of-a-kind "Storyectomy" show.

In the latest update Thursday night, the fire had grown to 19,978 acres with 6% containment. According to Cal Fire, the latest aerial survey of the Palisades Fire estimates that the number of structures destroyed is now 5,316. Cal Fire notes that "structures" can include residential and commercial properties, RVs, sheds or other "minor buildings."

"Star Wars" actor Mark Hamill was among the thousands who evacuated Los Angeles. Other stars, including Paris Hilton, Billy Crystal, and Rainn Wilson have lost their LA homes.

After days of uncontrolled burning, officials confirmed the first death in the Palisades Fire on Wednesday. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department received a missing person report on Wednesday and executed a welfare check on the home bordering the PCH.

With a another fire bursting into life on Wednesday night, Los Angeles is burning like it never has before. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass returned to the city this week after a diplomatic mission to Africa.

Wind-whipped wildfire blew through communities of every socioeconomic status and stripe, merging, psychically if not physically, into a kind of mega-catastrophe.

Even as fire turned Santa Monica an apocalyptic shade of orange, hired hands went about their business as if it were just another day on the job. "We gotta pay bills," said one UPS driver. "It's not like they're gonna pay us to stop working and leave.

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association announced over Bluesky that its awards banquet, initially scheduled for Saturday, January 11, at the Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, is postponed.