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

Critics slam Karen Bass for fire department budget reduction and overseas trip during crisis, while Governor Newsom faces heat from Trump.

The Los Angeles wildfires were still raging uncontained when the finger-pointing started. The devastation was caused, not by prolonged drought or the Santa Ana winds, according to President-elect Donald Trump and others, but by Democrat politicians whose priorities allowed the fires to spread.

After a brief respite, crews from California and nine other states, along with Canadian and Mexican reinforcements, face another round of dangerous conditions.

Firefighters braced for high winds, with the National Weather Service of LA issuing its most serious advisory, “Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS)".

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass became evasive as reporters grilled ... sparks started flying that warned of dangerously high Santa Ana winds and the increased possibility of severe wildfires.

Fanned by strong winds, the wildfires have killed at least 24 people and swept through 40,000 acres in the Greater Los Angeles area.

Nearly a dozen people are believed to be dead -- with the Los Angeles County sheriff saying he expects that number to rise -- as devastating fires spread across Southern California amid dry and windy conditions, leaving officials scrambling to contain the historic destruction.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass denied rebuffing an offer by the ... new blazes sparking with return of dangerous 75 mph Santa Ana winds Trump anticipates rising death toll in LA wildfires ...

The massive Palisades Fire broke out in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon, prompting mandatory evacuations affecting tens of thousands of people and highway closures. Later Tuesday, the Eaton Fire broke out in the foothills of Pasadena on the other side of Los Angeles County.

Catastrophic wildfires continue to rage across the Los Angeles region despite the heroic efforts by firefighters from around the world who have been working around the clock to suppress the inferno.

Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen ... days before Bass left for Ghana, the National Weather Service warned of the potential for "extreme fire weather conditions" due to the Santa Ana winds.