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

The Auto Fire has burned nearly 61 acres in Ventura, California Monday night and was at 47% containment Tuesday afternoon.

Victims of the Los Angeles wildfires, likely the costliest in U.S. history, are seizing upon a unique California legal doctrine that allows them to collect from their power utility if its equipment caused the blaze -- even if the company did nothing wrong.

Three law firms are suing the Edison electrical company, claiming its equipment ignited one of the four California wildfires. Newsweek sought email comment on Wednesday from Southern California Edison (SCE) and California Governor Gavin Newsom's Office of Emergency Services.

California’s public utility company, Southern California Edison (SCE), was hit with a handful of lawsuits on Monday over the origins of the Eaton Canyon fire burning both Pasadena, California, and Altadena,

The National Weather Service's warning about the “particularly dangerous situation” in which any new fire could explode in size in the Los Angeles area didn’t mention fire tornadoes.

Electricity bills in California — already among the nation’s highest — could soon skyrocket. In addition to killing two dozen people and destroying at least 12,000 structures, the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles have also damaged the region’s electrical system,

The wildfires in California are turning into one of the deadliest natural disasters in Los Angeles' history. CBS News reports that 24 people have died so far and thousands have lost homes. But, when disaster strikes,