The Palisades and Eaton fires are now among the most destructive in California’s history in terms of the number of structures destroyed, according to Cal Fire.

The two largest firestorms devastating Los Angeles County this week already rank among California’s 20 most damaging wildfires. Before the Palisades and Eaton fires, CalFire stats showed only 18 wildfires in history scorched more structures than preliminary damage tallies from these two Southern California conflagrations.

The Palisades and Eaton fires tear through homes and leave at least five dead. Smaller fires also add to state of alert in Los Angeles County.

Several iconic landmarks have been damaged or destroyed as the wildfires continue to burn across Southern California.

Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County, the blazes were already rewriting the record books.

The last time the NFL changed a game's location due to Southern California wildfires was in 2003 when a matchup between the then San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins was shifted to Arizona ...

Many Californians thought wildfires couldn’t reach deep into their cities. But the Los Angeles fires showed how older homes became fuel that fed the fires.

I have friends who lost houses. I have family who were burned out of their home. Los Angeles has lost churches, synagogues, and architecture that are part of our collective history—not just architectural gems, but civic hubs and touchstones for communal memory.

Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s.

But while the January fires rank as the most destructive in Los Angeles history, they have not been as damaging as others in the Golden State. They are among only some of the worst wildfires California has ever seen.

The Los Angeles-area blazes, which authorities say have killed at least 16 people, have leveled homes, businesses and schools at an alarming speed. Among the areas hardest hit is Pacific Palisades, an affluent neighborhood west of downtown Los Angeles that the Beach Boys referred to in “Surfin’ USA,” their 1963 ode to sunny coastal California life.