What to know about California's wildfires
- Santa Ana winds have died down across the Greater Los Angeles area, helping firefighters bring almost 40,000 acres of ongoing wildfires under control.
- The fires have killed at least 27 people and swept through residential communities, destroying more than 12,300 structures and forcing thousands to evacuate. See maps of the fire areas and evacuation zones.
- The causes of the fires remain unknown, but investigators are focusing on a specific scorched slope to discover the origins of the largest blaze, the Palisades Fire.
- Attention has already turned to the vast cleanup and restoration effort that will follow the fires, with California Gov. Gavin Newsom promising a Marshall Plan-style rebuilding effort that could cost tens of billions of dollars.
