Pacific Coast Highway in the city of Santa Monica has been reopened for residents and businesses. The Santa Monica Police Department has also lifted all city street closures. They ask residents to remain vigilant in areas that were previously under evacuation warnings.

UPDADTE 2:45 p.m. The city of Santa Monica issued an expanded mandatory ... blamed Gavin Newsom for the wildfire devastation sweeping Los Angeles' western and northern regions, calling the California governor "incompetent" in a Truth Social post Wednesday.

Amid the tragedy a look at the before and after pictures of neighbourhoods from Malibu, to Hollywood Hills, Pasadena and the Los Angeles skyline.

Monday's red-flag warning is a PDS, which stands for "particularly dangerous situation." But what does that mean? An NWS meteorologist explains.

Here is the view from live cameras in the Los Angeles area, from Pacific Palisades to Altadena to the Hollywood Hills, showing wildfires scorching acre after acre.

The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a red flag warning at 9:54 a.m. on Tuesday in effect until 10 p.m. The warning is for Ventura County Beaches, Ventura County Inland Coast, Central Ventura County Valleys,

A Santa Monica ... 6:45 a.m. A Santa Monica officer approached the car and signaled it was not authorized to pass through the checkpoint. Get top local stories in Southern California delivered ...

The sole population of Southern California steelhead in the coastal range has survived flames and drought but finds itself facing another threat.

Cian Lawlor's father was dispatched to the Palisades Fire just over a week ago and he's been working it ever since.

Somini Sengupta, a climate reporter who has lived across Los Angeles, reflects on the city, its mythology and its reckoning with disaster.

State authorities previously listed the Palisades as one of the five Southern California areas with the highest concentration of potential wildfire risks. The community also is among the areas most impacted by an unavailability of insurance coverage.

On Monday at 10:46 a.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a wind advisory. The advisory is for Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands, Palos Verdes Hills, Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Recreational area,