Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,713 acres after being active for nine days. A crew of 5,276 firefighters has been working on site and they managed to contain 22% of the fire by Thursday morning. The blaze's cause remains under investigation.

Sheriff Robert Luna said the sheriff's department has 18 active missing-person cases in the Eaton Fire area. Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Anthony Marrone said earlier

A new air quality alert has been issued for Los Angeles County until 7 p.m. local time "due to harmful particle pollution levels from windblown dust and ash." This pollution can embed deep into the lungs and cause health problems including heart disease symptoms,

Eaton Fire initially started 6:18 p.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. Since its discovery eight days ago, it has burned 14,117 acres. A fire crew of 3,404 has been working on site and, as of Wednesday evening, they managed to contain 45% of the fire. However, investigations into the cause are ongoing.

Vice President Kamala Harris faced widespread mockery for delivering a "word salad" message to the victims of ongoing fires wreaking havoc in Southern California. Scott Yenor has zeroed in on the real problem of higher education: That it is populated by too many women who should be off making babies.