A new wildfire was reported today at 1:26 p.m. in Los Angeles County. The wildfire has been burning on private land. Currently, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it has yet to be determined.

Soboroff had defended the proposed salary of half-a-million dollars for 3 months of work, saying his expertise as a residential property developer made him worth the price. But after criticisms

But wildfire experts say cutting down Southern California's chaparral won't make the region safer from wildfires. In fact, because of the local ecology, they say clearing vast swaths of native brush could actually make the landscape even more flammable.

Initial location: Los Angeles County, Calif. Eatonhurst Postfire Baer initially started 3:12 a.m. Jan. 18 in Los Angeles County. The burned area emergency response has been active for 24 days. A fire crew of is working on site.

By Matt Stiles, Sean O'Key, Byron Manley, Lou Robinson, Curt Merrill, Annette Choi, Rachel Wilson, Henrik Pettersson, Amy O’Kruk and Renée Rigdon, CNN

The Palisades and Eaton fires, two of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California history, reached 100 percent containment more than three weeks after they began.

Board Chair Kathryn Barger cited a disturbing trend of price gouging, preying on the most vulnerable communities.