Containment is growing on the Los Angeles County wildfires, but it may be a long time before residents in the burn areas will be allowed back home.

When fires swept through Altadena, in Los Angeles County, generational wealth and a place of opportunity for people of color, went up in smoke.

One victim was remembered as “a man with a quick wit, a brilliant mind and a love for his family.” Another victim was known to mentor young men, passing on “old-timey family values” he had learned as a boy. An Altadena resident who perished was a grandmother and former actor affectionately known as “Momma D.”

A father-daughter team in the Los Angeles area are staying in their home behind the fire barricades and taking inventory of destroyed properties.

Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County Wednesday, the blazes were already rewriting the record books.

Oakland, and San Francisco that played pivotal ... the Los Angeles area fires will be the worst in California history. But considering what Altadena residents face now, the 2018 blaze that ...

The blaze has burned just over 14,000 acres near Pasadena. It is 89% contained. This fire has burned 80 acres in San Diego County and is 30% contained. Jacey Fortin The Friars fire burned a few acres in San Diego’s Mission Valley neighborhood Tuesday afternoon,

Besides burning the most urban area, the Eaton and Palisades fires are the largest ever for California in January. Alexandra Syphard, a senior research scientist at the Conservation Biology Institute, said their timing and path through the city “may have no precedent in history.”

While advocates scramble to improve cleanup worker safety, private firefighting raises concerns about wealth inequality.

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It could be a week or more before homeowners in the Los Angeles area are allowed to check on their fire-damaged properties

A week after wind-whipped wildfires began their deadly rampage through Southern California, investigators search for clues into what started the devastating blazes. The answers may take months or even longer,