Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s.

No stranger to natural disasters, Pasadena resident Pedro Rojas keeps a safety bag in his car with essentials like a jacket, gloves and running shoes in case he needs to flee at a moment’s notice.

Firefighters are making progress, officials said, but residents must be ready for a return of powerful winds that could spread flames.

The Los Angeles water chief has been given a police security detail amid "threats" against her and water employees over the response to wildfires.

About 1,600 policies for Pacific Palisades homeowners were dropped by State Farm in July, the state insurance office says.

The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have destroyed thousands of structures, many of them homes, and firefighters continue to battle the infernos. Parts of Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena and other California communities are now unrecognizable.

Inmate firefighters responding to the ongoing Los Angeles fires and working 24-hour shifts are earning $26.90 per day, according to the California Dept. of Corrections.

For Emmeline Summerton, a self-taught social historian whose Instagram account, Lost Canyons LA, has become an addictive source of Los Angeles history and lore, the story of Topanga Canyon is one of improbable survival — a thoroughly wild place less than an hour’s drive from the city’s business center.

A new wildfire was reported today at 7:55 p.m. in Los Angeles County. Mission Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire remains undetermined.

Meteorologists said there was a chance the winds would be as severe as those that fueled the Palisades and Eaton fires, but that different locations would likely be affected.

Historian Victor Davis Hanson predicts an impending cultural shift in California, as the fires in Los Angeles have impacted liberal residents who may be changing their tune on politics.