Updating maps of Southern California show where wildfires, including the Palisades and Eaton fires, are burning across Los Angeles.

The Clay Fire has sparked in Riverside County on Tuesday night as wildfires continue to plague Southern California.

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Strong Santa Ana winds returned to Southern California on Tuesday sparking several new fires in San Diego just two weeks after blazes killed 27 people in LA. | ITV National News

Non-native grasses and eucalyptus trees brought to California centuries ago for agriculture and landscaping have reshaped the state’s fire dynamics.

The crisis underscores efforts to look beyond the forests and public lands that have been the traditional focus of wildfire risk to more community-based mitigation efforts involving homeowners, private landowners,

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says there are five ongoing fires. Sixty-four firefighters from Utah have deployed to Malibu, California to help fight the wildfires.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Parched Southern California was forecast to face more dangerous winds on Wednesday but could get some badly needed rain this weekend, dampening the prospects of another round of killer wildfires though even a small amount of precipitation could could create new challenges like toxic ash runoff.

As Los Angeles battles the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have already devastated thousands of homes and other buildings, smaller fires near San Diego, California, prompted evacuations Tuesday morning.

Dangerous winds returned to Southern California on Tuesday as firefighters battled new fires amid dry conditions, and a pair of major blazes burned for a third week in the Los Angeles area. Forecasters warned that gusts could peak at 70 mph along the coast and 100 mph in the mountains and foothills during extreme fire weather that's expected to last through Tuesday morning.

(WOOD) — As fires continue to burn in southern California ... finishing engines that will go to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (more commonly known as Cal Fire ...