A fast-moving wildfire raged across thousands of acres of California prairie near the Nevada border today, while Los Angeles was in the throes of back-to-back storms that could trigger flooding and mudslides in areas scarred by January’s devastating wildfires.

A new wildfire was reported today at 9:44 p.m. in Los Angeles County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land. At this time, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it is still undetermined.

With an atmospheric river expected to arrive in Southern California, precautionary evacuation warnings have been issued in recent wildfire burn areas.

LA County is investigating State Farm for possible Unfair Competition Law breaches in handling Eaton and Palisades wildfire claims.

Jaime Moore was sworn in as the new chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department Friday after a unanimous vote by the Los Angeles City Council.

An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river was dousing Southern California on Friday, as forecasters warned of rockslides and debris flows especially in the Los Angeles areas that were ravaged by wildfires earlier this year.

Jaime Moore is sworn in as the Los Angeles Fire Department Chief with unanimous support from City Council, aiming to enhance community ties and reform public safety.

A “belligerent” man was found up a tree by emergency crews responding to a house fire in the Elysian Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles early Friday morning, police said. Heavy fire was reported at a single-family home in the 2300 block of Fernleaf Street around 2:15 a.