CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters fought to maintain the upper hand on a huge and rapidly moving wildfire that swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles and resulted in more than 50,000 people being put under evacuation orders or warnings.

Officials ordered evacuations in the area surrounding the Hughes Fire on Wednesday morning, located near Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County.

A new wildfire was reported today at 1:21 p.m. in Los Angeles County. Los Al Fire has been burning on private land. There is currently no information on the containment or cause of the fire.

The city's artists and art collectors are mourning what could amount to billions of dollars in irreplaceable art that went up in flames.

Trump admin demands immigration enforcement crackdown. President Donald Trump signed more executive orders targeting his priorities on immigration and

As city and county leaders begin the recovery process, area tourism and hospitality officials want to send out word that the City of Angels wants and needs the support of visitors.

Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of communities

President Trump is set to make his first trip as president to visit areas devastated by the Los Angeles wildfires.

With many communities still smoldering from the Los Angeles wildfires, the forecast for rain this weekend would seem like a welcome relief. But how the rain falls could make the difference between a disaster respite or a disaster repeat.

The blazes - named Laguna, Sepulveda, Gibbel, Gilman and Border 2 - flared up on Thursday in Los Angeles, San Diego, Ventura and Riverside.

During the heat of the presidential campaign in September, then-candidate Donald Trump made an extraordinary threat. He vowed that if California suffered a wildfire during his presidency, he’d withhold disaster aid from the state unless Gov.