As crews get more containment on the major fires in Southern California, thousands of people will soon return to properties like this not only in Altadena but also in Malibu and Pacific Palisades.

Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s, an Associated Press analysis shows. The Eaton and Palisades fires that erupted last week have collectively burned almost 4 square miles of highly dense parts of Los Angeles,

Many locals with ties to California are anxiously monitoring the Los Angeles area wildfires that left 25 dead and thousands under evacuation orders.