People in Southern California are on high alert for dangerous Santa Ana winds for a few more hours after calmer conditions prevailed Wednesday morning. At least 25 people have died in the fires and dozens are still missing.

Things will remain relatively calm for the weekend, but "a difficult to resolve weather pattern" begins early to mid-next week, the NWS said.

Neither the state nor local government seems to have learned much from the perils of pricing the less privileged out of Los Angeles's safe zone.

Death toll from catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires continues to grow The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles are more than a week old, but parts of southern California are still burning. The death toll has reached 25,

If the insurance industry stops writing policies for California homes, it will ultimately hit the mortgage industry.