Nearly all mandatory evacuations orders related to the Getty Fire were lifted Wednesday evening, the Los Angeles Fire Department announced.

Power lines strung alongside Sepulveda Boulevard near the Getty Center sparked the Getty Fire that’s burned through 656 acres in the Santa Monica Mountains west of the 405 freeway and has destroyed a dozen homes, city officials confirmed Tuesday.

Firefighters in Northern California’s wine country are racing to surround a destructive wildfire that has destroyed dozens of homes as another windstorm blows into the region.

Some of the evacuations ordered early Monday in hillside neighborhoods on Los Angeles’ Westside due to a fast-moving brush fire remained in effect 24 hours later as fire crews prepared for the most powerful winds of the season.

A fast-moving brush fire fanned by strong winds erupted in the hills above the 405 Freeway early Monday, burning homes and forcing evacuations in neighborhoods on Los Angeles’ Westside.

Firefighters on Monday continued to battle a destructive wildfire in Northern California’s wine country, trying to beat back flames that forced thousands to flee their homes.

LAPD helped some evacuees return to their homes to retrieve important documents and medication. Rick Montanez reports for the NBC 4 News at 11 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, 2019.

The Getty Fire cast an orange glow over the 405 Freeway. Toni Guinyard reports for Today in LA on Monday Oct. 28, 2019.

The Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades will remain closed to the public until Thanksgiving Day because of the Woolsey Fire.

One of the best museums in the country is docked in the San Diego Bay, according to the travel website TripAdvisor.

The Skirball Fire was fully contained Friday after burning for 10 days in the Sepulveda Pass, destroying six homes. The fire was declared 100 percent contained about 6 p.m, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Authorities are nearing full containment Wednesday of the week-old Skirball Fire, which was determined to have been caused by “an illegal cooking fire” at a homeless encampment in a brush area next to where Sepulveda Boulevard crosses under the 405 Freeway.

The Los Angeles Fire Department has determined the cause of the Skirball Fire, which burned hundreds of acres in the Sepulveda Pass.

A powerful flare-up on the western edge of Southern California’s largest and most destructive wildfire sent residents fleeing Sunday, as wind-fanned flames churned through old-growth brush in canyons and along hillsides toward coastal towns. Crews with help from a fleet water-dropping planes and helicopters saved homes as unpredictable gusts sent the blaze deeper into residential foothill areas northwest of Los...

A week of destructive fires in Southern California is ending but danger still looms. Firefighters continued battling multiple large wildfires Saturday raging across more than 170,000 acres in California, from the coastal foothills near Santa Barbara to retirement homes, golf courses and racehorse stables in San Diego County. The dry, hot, windy conditions across the region that have fueled what...

Containment of the Skirball Fire in the Sepulveda Pass and Bel-Air increased Friday to 50 percent, and some evacuees were back home after evacuation orders were partially lifted.

The Skirball Fire in the Sepulveda Pass and Bel-Air was about 30 percent contained Friday, and officials said some evacuated residents would be allowed to return home.

The biggest and most destructive of the windblown fires raking Southern California shut down one of the region’s busiest freeways Thursday and threatened Ojai, a scenic mountain town dubbed “Shangri-La” and known for its boutique hotels and New Age spiritual retreats....
Most of Ojai’s 7,000 residents were warned to clear out late Wednesday and patients unable to walk were moved from...