California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a $2.5 billion aid bill to support response and recovery efforts following the devastating Eaton and Palisades wildfires. The legislation aims to provide aid to affected communities and fund wildfire prevention programmes.

Los Angeles, Pasadena and others are putting in extra work to make sure wildfire areas full of green waste debris get cleaned up before this rain.

California will spend $2.5 billion to help the Los Angeles area recover from recent deadly wildfires under a relief package signed Thursday by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom signed the laws after the state Legislature approved them with bipartisan support earlier in the day.

Here's the latest on containment for the fires burning across Southern California as firefighters work to extinguish the fires.

The funding would help pay for services ranging from shelters for those who have lost their homes and debris removal, among other things.

After a two-week closure prompted by the Eaton Fire, 10 campuses and programs in the Pasadena Unified School District are set to reopen.

Many educators and families were thrilled to get back to some routines as a handful of schools reopened after weeks of closures. Others were worried about remaining dangers in fire-hit areas.

The Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center burned down ... Grater, who is currently staying in downtown Los Angeles, has yet to see the mural. But he believes its discovery embodies Jewish ideology.

As critical fire weather continues to strike in Southern California, crews are also tasked with preparing for a storm expected this weekend that could trigger mudslides in burn scar areas.

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 24 people and destroyed more than 12,000 structures, officials said, scorching more than 60 square miles and displacing tens of thousands of people.

People in Southern California are risking their own safety to rescue animals, both big and small, from the wildfires that have killed 27 people and displaced even more after thousands of structures were destroyed.