Over 1,000 firefighters continue to battle a wildfire in Southern California that has scorched over 65,000 acres, prompted evacuation orders and caused three injuries, according to officials.

An air quality alert issued today from the Clark County Division of Air Quality warns that wildfire smoke from Southern California will create poor air conditions

Wildfires that tore through Los Angeles early this year may have caused hundreds more deaths than official reports show, new research suggests. While the fires were said to have taken 31 lives, a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimates that about 440 more deaths may be linked to the disaster.

The official death toll from the wildfires that wreaked havoc in Los Angeles County earlier this year stands at 31, but new research suggests that figure may barely scratch the surface. Starting Jan.