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This week, stay safe. If you’re in a place to help, help. And if you’re able to, maybe try to get out to support the arts in this trying time.

Firefighting efforts got a leg up Tuesday from weaker than predicted winds — but harsh fire conditions are still in the forecast.

Santa Monica College will hold a donation drive to gather aid for students, employees, and other community members who’ve been affected by recent fires.

The nation's second largest school district has been closed since Thursday as fires spread around the Los Angeles area.

A large area of greater Los Angeles had unhealthy air Friday, due to particulate matter from large wildfires. Here are tips for breathing cleaner air indoors if it's smoky outside.

With the Palisades Fire close by, UCLA will move undergraduate and graduate classes online through Friday, Jan. 17.

"People have lost everything," says FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell. More than 24,000 have already applied for assistance from FEMA, but Criswell says that number is certain to rise.

In a city prone to large natural disasters, L.A. firefighters are widely considered to be among the best in the business at knocking down urban wildfires. But in the extreme conditions lately, experts say little can be done even to slow these modern fires.

Heroic rescues. Heartbreaking tragedies. And no need for many of them, emergency response leaders say.

Palisades fire victims can get everything from clothes to toiletries to dog food, donated by their neighbors at a Santa Monica shop known for posh dress rentals.

For one listing, rent jumped nearly 86% since September. The agent said she told her client, “People are desperate, and you can probably get good money.”

Prominent right-wing influencers are claiming that the response to the Los Angeles wildfires was hampered by workplace diversity policies. It's part of a wider strategy to discredit those policies.