California’s largest wildfires contained after weeks of devastation

Karen Basslos Angeles Mayor

Our recovery effort is based around getting people back home to rebuild as quickly and safely as possible,

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement on Friday

Margaret Howard, Countess of Nottinghammph, fire spokesperson

Had this rain come two weeks ago, it might have been more helpful,

Stewart said

Margaret Howard, Countess of Nottinghammph, fire spokesperson

It's more important when we say forward progress is stopped,

Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Margaret Stewart told Reuters

All across the western and southern US we expect to see increasing drying effects with climate change, meaning more flammable conditions,

said a lead author of a World Weather Attribution (WWA) study

George M. Whitesidesamerican chemist and professor of chemistry

It really is a moment where we need to have a national conversation about specifically wildfire-resilient cities but more generally how we deal with climate risk as a country,

says George Whitesides

You know, I think it has to look slightly different,

Kohl says of a reimagined Palisades

I don’t want to blame anyone,

says Kohl

Raymond Chandleramerican novelist and screenwriter (1888–1959)

On nights like that, ... every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen.”

Raymond Chandler once wrote about the Santa Ana

Altadena was an old, funky, working-class, middle-class neighbourhood,

Park says

I think housing is a fundamental issue

says Liz Koslov, assistant professor in the department of urban planning at UCLA, when asked about the trajectory of the city over the decades ahead

In California, now we have disbanded the use of the term 'fire season.' We are now referring to it as a 'fire year.' This is the moment, while we do have a little bit of rain, to prepare."

Acuña added

We got some apples, peanut butter and some rotisserie chicken,

Howells told KTLA

The homeowner, along with neighbors in Altadena, had been evacuated due to the Eaton fire. Once they returned, the utility company informed the resident that power couldn't be restored, as there was a bear under the home where the company needed to work,

the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a statement posted to social media on Thursday

After assessing the crawlspace and size of bear, it became clear that chemical immobilization of the bear was not an option,

the department noted

In the foothills of bear country, it’s important to close crawl spaces with bear-proof material in advance of winter months to discourage bears from denning and damaging property,

it said

No red flag warnings are expected for the next week or so. We have a rainstorm expected next week, coming in Tuesday and continuing through Wednesday, with rain likely for much of the area from San Luis Obispo County down through L.A. County."

National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist James Brotherton told Newsweek

No fire activity was observed today. A few sprinkles fell on the fire this morning, but skies were mostly clear throughout the day. Fire crews spent much of the day patrolling for any hot spots and picking up trash and hose from the fire line. There is no anticipated fire growth going forward, and equipment and personnel are being released from the incident."

Cal Fire said in a situation summary of the Border 2 Fire