California has faced budget crises before, but this could be the perfect storm of a chronically unbalanced budget made infinitely worse by disaster.

We continue with our remembrances of the 29 people who died in the fires in Southern California. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office continues its work to identify victims, with some still classified as “unidentified Does.

The devastating January 2025 wildfires in southern California prompted Governor Newsom to declare a state of emergency on January 7, 2025 for Los Angeles and Ventura counties. This triggered California laws around price gouging and pricing restrictions in the wake of the emergency.

Jan. 22, 10:30 a.m. PST Cal Fire data marked the Palisades Fire at 68% containment and the Eaton Fire at 91% containment, listing no other active fires in Los Angeles as a red flag warning is in effect for much the region until Friday evening.

Southern California Edison faces a lawsuit over accusations its equipment caused the deadly Eaton Fire in Altadena. See more updates on the Southern California wildfires on Jan. 28 at 4 p.m.

As officials search for the origin of various fires that have devastated wide swaths of Southern California, a new lawsuit alleges that the Eaton Fire began from an electrical spark at a utility transmission tower.