A law firm suing Southern California Edison released an edited video that it says appears show the start of the deadly Eaton Fire in Altadena.

Thousands of firefighters have been battling wildfires across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles County. The two largest fires, the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades and the Eaton Fire near Pasadena, remain active. One of the latest, the Hughes Fire in the Castaic area, has prompted evacuation orders for tens of thousands of people.

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton fires continue to burn in Southern California.

Southern California Edison has reported a Jan. 7 fault on a power line that was connected miles away from the lines located near the origin of the deadly Eaton Fire that sparked that day.

Mauricio Arellano, superintendent of the San Bernardino City Unified School District, which co-sponsored the Wednesday, Jan. 22, event, told the crowd of about 50 that all children in the U.S. have a right to a free public education — regardless of immigration status.

The typical American renting a single-family house pays $2,357 monthly – nearly half of what’s charged across Southern California. Last year, landlords across the U.S. could only get a $19 a month rent hike, or 0.8%.

Thousands of sandbags are being loaded in anticipation of an upcoming storm that could lead to mudslides in Southern California’s recent burn zones. Cal Fire and California Conservation Corps personnel were seen filling bags in Pasadena Tuesday for residents in the Eaton Fire foothill burn areas.

Three active fires in Los Angeles neared full containment Sunday, as the region receives much-needed rain that has produced flood and mudslide warnings lasting through Monday. Saturday, 4:00 p.m. PST Cal Fire data marked the Palisades Fire at 87% containment, the Eaton Fire at 95% containment and the Hughes Fire at 92% containment.

After 16 days in Southern California, the Redding Fire Department has returned to the Northstate. The team was deployed to the Eaton Fire in Pasadena.

A small amount of rain is in the forecast for the region beginning late Friday through early Saturday, a much anticipated change of weather.

Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said that the fire department has deployed all available resources and positioned fire patrols and engines in high-risk areas across Los Angeles.

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