Updates on the Los Angeles Fire

(Fox News) Multiple wildfires, including the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, are raging across southern California early Thursday, leaving at least 5 dead and burning more than 27,000 acres, officials say. The Sunset Fire in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles is the most recent to break out.

Zachary Levi blames 'incredibly poor' leadership for LA wildfires

Actor and longtime Los Angeles resident Zachary Levi expressed strong criticism as California battles devastating wildfires, urging state leaders to be held accountable and describing the situation as "very personal" to him.

"This is the most devastating fire in Los Angeles history," a visibly shook-up Levi told "Jesse Watters Primetime" Wednesday night. "My family's from Ventura, California. I grew up there most of my life, and then I was in L.A. for 15 years."

(Barron's) People living all over Los Angeles were urged Wednesday to conserve water after hydrants ran dry as major wildfires erupted around the city.

Firefighters battling out-of-control blazes struggled with supplies in the ritzy Pacific Palisades area of the city, utility managers said, blaming an unprecedented challenge to the city's reserves. -- More...

Total destruction in Malibu.

These were beachfront homes on Pacific Coast Highway.

This is what’s left of the Pacific Palisades.

Homes and businesses completely gone.

This is by far the craziest video from the fire in Los Angeles. This guy is filming huge walls of fire surrounding a house they're in, and there's another person and a dog. I have no idea why they didn't evacuate or what happened to them. Let's hope they're okay.

LA City Fire Chief Kristin Crowley: "Together these fires are stretching the capacity of emergency services to their maximum limits."

LA's failure to fill water reservoirs has left fire hydrants dry, crippling efforts to battle raging wildfires.

Residents are fleeing as homes and businesses are reduced to ashes, watching helplessly as the inferno spreads.

This catastrophic oversight highlights gross incompetence during a life-or-death crisis.

CA Governor Gavin Newsom brags about "the largest dam removal in U.S. history" because Native tribes said to save fish