The L.A. wildfires expose California’s difficult road to navigate between disaster risk and solving the state’s housing crisis.

Crews were working tirelessly to stop the fires, one of which burned at least one home and threatened others in the Brentwood neighborhood. The stronger winds will likely hamper their efforts.

A new brush fire erupted in the West Hills area Thursday afternoon. The Kenneth Fire triggered mandatory evacuations in the area, including Calabasas.

Coverage of the fires ravaging Altadena, Malibu, Pacific Palisades and Pasadena, including stories about the devastation, issues firefighters faced and the weather.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a social media post Thursday evening said 900 additional firefighters are being deployed to battle the fast-moving Kenneth Fire near the West Hills and Calabasas.

Wildfires continued to grow Wednesday as fire crews battled three major out-of-control blazes that killed at least five people.

More than 10,000 structures have been burned as flames continue to ravage communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena. Over 180,000 people have been forced to flee their homes.

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

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed more than two dozen people. Weaker winds enabled firefighters to make inroads containing the Palisades and Eaton fires.

Gov. Gavin Newsom called for an independent investigation into the loss of water pressure to local fire hydrants and the reported unavailability of water supplies from the Santa Ynez Reservoir.

The largest of the blazes, the Palisades Fire, is more than 37 square miles. That’s more than half the land size of Washington, D.C. A second fire, the Eaton Fire, is now more than 22 square miles. The Palisades Fire threatens thousands of structures inside the fire’s perimeter.

With fire containment improving and winds dying down, some residents are being allowed back into neighborhoods devastated by the Eaton and Palisades fires.