The Trump administration is bypassing California permitting delays to unlock $3.2 billion in disaster relief for wildfire survivors waiting to rebuild their homes.

A brush fire led to a closure on I-405 on Thursday as the blaze could be seen in adjacent cities Hawthorne and El Segundo, in Los Angeles County, California.

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President Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 27 that allows the federal government to leapfrog local leaders and expedite permits.

President Trump said he doesn’t want low-income housing to be constructed in Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades area after 2025 fires.

Adnan Rajib, an assistant professor of civil engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, has received a $199,993 RAPID grant from the National Science Foundation to study post-wildfire water quality in Los Angeles and help local authorities understand and predict the lingering effects of wildfires on the city’s water supply.

A new study of more than 200,000 children in southern California found a link between exposure to wildfire smoke in mothers and higher rates of autism in children. The causes of autism are not fully known and likely multifaceted,

"We were extraordinarily fortunate that there was not a massive loss of life."

The partisan feud over the deadly Los Angeles wildfires intensifies, with President Trump and congressional Republicans ramping up attacks on California and local response.