They return to an air tanker base east of Los Angeles, in San Bernardino, to mix new retardant and pump it on the airplane. >>> BOOTS ON THE GROUND: See how New Mexico's firefighters are battling the blaze High winds add to the already difficult task of ...

Among the thousands of personnel and hundreds of fire engines in Los Angeles right now are a few familiar faces from New Mexico.

Woman helps with California wildfire, blindsided when childhood home burns down miles away

The Hughes Fire near Castaic, north of Los Angeles, was 24% contained on Thursday afternoon, according to Cal Fire.

Evacuation orders have been lifted for thousands of Californians, while new blazes ignited in the city of San Diego and on the Mexico border and a red flag emergency warning for critical fire risk was extended.

Los Angeles police have arrested four people on arson charges for allegedly trying to ignite new fires as firefighters continue to fight the Palisades and Eaton blazes that have killed a combined

Shifting positions: Trump administration officials continued to reverse or revise the government’s stance on multiple fronts, including active Supreme Court cases, Jan. 6 prosecutions, school book bans, foreign aid programs and gender definitions. Mr. Trump also reinstated a Republican anti-abortion policy known as the “Mexico City Rule.”

The Los Angeles fires loomed over the nomination hearing for President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Energy on Wednesday. Nominee Chris Wright focused on the importance of nuclear energy,

The news broke shortly before he was sworn in Monday morning, and Trump confirmed it during his inaugural address. The order will rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and Mount Denali to Mount McKinley, which was the official name recognized by the federal government from 1917 until 2015.

So far, many clues to the origins of the deadly Eaton fire, which started in the area just after 6 p.m. that evening and went on to kill 17 people, have pointed to the brushy hillside where a tangle of electrical lines stretch up Eaton Canyon.

Firefighters from around New Mexico who were deployed to California to help with the fires in the Los Angeles area have returned home. The New Mexico Strike Team was made up of crews from around the state.

President Donald Trump is criticizing California water policy as he prepares to tour wildfire damage in Los Angeles.