Recent wildfires not only brought lose and heartache to the residents of the Los Angeles area, they also scorched state, city and county politics. While the initial voting in the races for California governor and Los Angeles mayor is more than a year away memories of how politicians dealt with the fires and its aftermath will linger.

The new reported fatality was a person who died at a hospital from the Palisades Fire, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office said.

The weather provided relief for crews working to contain wildfires, though rain over a burn area ups the chances of flooding and mudslides