The city of Santa Monica has lifted all evacuation warnings and curfew within city limits, as fire crews continue to make progress in containing the Palisades Fire. City officials announced evacuation warnings would be lifted in all areas of Santa Monica north of San Vicente Boulevard.

Amid the tragedy a look at the before and after pictures of neighbourhoods from Malibu, to Hollywood Hills, Pasadena and the Los Angeles skyline.

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Free insurance workshops designed to assist Los Angeles-area residents affected by the recent wildfires are scheduled at Santa Monica College and Pasadena City College.

The sole population of Southern California steelhead in the coastal range has survived flames and drought but finds itself facing another threat.

While many Angelenos have been devastated by the fires, others in the sprawling city have had to balance helping out with “normal life.”

Many businesses in Santa Monica are doing what they can to help wildfire victims, turning their shops into mini donation centers.

The department has released the mugshots of four people suspected of looting during the Palasides fires in Los Angeles. Santa Monica Police ... "Will progressives in California will now better ...

State authorities previously listed the Palisades as one of the five Southern California areas with the highest concentration of potential wildfire risks. The community also is among the areas most impacted by an unavailability of insurance coverage.

As firefighters battle the raging infernos in Southern California, harrowing footage released by the Los Angeles Fire Department shows their helicopters plunging into the heart of the flames.

Some looters in Los Angeles are using wildfire evacuation maps to find empty homes and burglarize them, police said. Police officers have been on high alert looking for looters ever since the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire triggered thousands of residents to flee from their homes.