The fires come as San Diego County mountains and valleys, along with other parts of Southern California, remain under a red flag warning.

Parched Southern California could get some badly needed rain this weekend to dampen the prospects of another round of killer wildfires.

Rainfall is expected to reach Los Angeles and Southern California this weekend, bringing the risk of mudslides and fire debris flow.

At least 27 people have died in the Eaton and Palisades fires, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner said Thursday evening. Seventeen of the deaths are from the Eaton Fire in Altadena and 10 from the Palisades Fire, according to the medical examiner.

Two new fires ignited in San Diego County on Tuesday, as firefighters continue fighting blazes further north in Los Angeles.

Investigators are looking for two men accused of stealing equipment from a fire engine in Southern California amid more brutal wildfires.

Rain coming to Southern California could help with the firefight, but forecasters say it probably will not end what has been a devastating fire season.

A winter storm was on a track to sweep through Texas and Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast and deep into Florida, significant snow and ice in tow.

Deep beneath California's Sierra Nevada mountains, geologists have found evidence of Earth's rigid outer layer sinking into the mantle, like a sugar cube slowly descending and dissolving into a pool of hot syrup.

On Monday, LA Mayor Karen Bass said that the city was prepared to respond to any new fires, but warned that the Santa Ana winds could kick up ash from previous fires. The airborne ash could not only make the air in some areas toxic, but the high winds could also carry that ash to other communities in Southern California.