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A California man said it was “insanely powerful” to find a menorah that was passed down from his grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, had survived the Los Angeles area wildfires.

A New Year’s Eve fire, reportedly caused by fireworks, is believed to have started the Palisades fire in the Los Angeles area, according to a report on Sunday.

Democrat Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey claimed the Los Angeles fires are the result of a climate change “disaster” stoked by President-elect Donald Trump’s embrace of “Big Oil” — and there is more “death” coming as a result.

A pair of actresses are claiming that criticisms of how Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) is handling the ongoing wildfires in the city are stemming from her being a “black woman in America.”

Veteran actor and singer Robert Davi has gone nuclear on California leaders for their catastrophic mismanagement of the Los Angeles fires, saying California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) “should thrown out of office.”

Hundreds of Marines and ten Navy helicopters stand ready, but California has not requested help from the Pentagon to fight the raging fires in Los Angeles, according to a Pentagon spokesperson on Friday.

Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) claimed Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that President-elect Donald Trump was politicizing wildfires in Southern California.

Oscar-winning actor and director Mel Gibson has played down the loss of his $14.5 million Malibu home to raging wildfires, insisting that in the end, it’s all just “stuff.”

Former Australian child star Rory Sykes, who was born blind and had cerebral palsy, died Wednesday in the California wildfires despite his mother’s frantic efforts to save him from their burning Malibu home as she claimed available water was “switched off.”

The death toll from the wildfires tearing through Los Angeles stood at 16 on Sunday morning as crews battled to cut off the spreading blazes. The emergency response continues as potentially strong Santa Ana winds up to 45 mph are forecast to return and push flames toward some of the city’s most famous landmarks.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) revealed that firefighters from Mexico were coming to assist with the ongoing Eaton Fire.

Several oil and gas pipelines in the Los Angeles, California, area are “at risk” as multiple large fires rage on across the city, industry analysts are warning.

Insurance industry leaders are shooting back at Vice President Kamala Harris’s claim that insurers have abandoned “a lot of the families who have been affected and will be affected” by the Los Angeles wildfires, arguing that it was a “false, wrong and dangerous” statement.

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power CEO Janisse Quiñones had knowledge that the Santa Ynez Reservoir was offline, and that fire hydrants were not working, according to a recent report.

There was no way of understanding how the song “Fighter” would apply personally, singer-songwriter and Breitbart News COO Jon Kahn said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday, walking through the personal loss he is navigating after losing his home in the California wildfires.

Pope Francis has sent a telegram expressing his sorrow over the destruction and loss of life wrought by the wildfires ravaging southern California.

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr finds himself dealing in the same situation as thousands of other Californians as he deals with the loss of his boyhood home due to the California wildfires.

Los Angeles Catholic Archbishop José Gomez called for prayers Thursday for victims of California’s catastrophic wildfires, while asserting that “we don’t know why these disasters happen.”

On Thursday on FNC’s “Gutfeld!” comedian Adam Carolla offered his assessment of the on-the-ground conditions in Los Angeles, where a series of wildfires has plagued the city and surrounding areas.

Los Angeles has called in elements of the California National Guard as out-of-control wildfires continue to wreak havoc, its troops tasked with preventing looting and civil unrest as well as helping emergency responders execute their work.

A Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades fire in Los Angeles had to be grounded Thursday after it hit a civilian drone in the smoke-filled skies above the blaze, local fire department officials said.

Wildfires laying waste to vast areas of Los Angeles have now claimed 10 lives and devoured nearly 10,000 structures, with five fires still burning Friday as dry desert winds fanning the flames regathered strength. One estimate of the damage and economic loss already caused by the catastrophic fires stands at $135-$150 billion.

Breitbart News visited the aftermath of the Eaton Fire in Altadena just to the north of Pasadena on Thursday; neighborhoods reduced to ash.

A family in Altadena went viral this week with video of them singing Christian hymns over the rubble of their home that burned in the Eaton fire just north of Pasadena near Los Angeles.

Former NASCAR driver Danica Patrick has voiced skepticism at reports that there simply is not enough water to fight the Los Angeles, California, wildfires, pointing out that the way the state is “managed” is to blame.

Aerial footage captured by local news drones shows the devastating damage done by the raging Pacific Palisades fire in the ritzy Los Angeles neighborhood, revealing a post-apocalyptic landscape of destroyed homes.

Actor-comedian Steve Byrne — the star of the TBS sitcom “Sullivan & Son” — has called out California politicians, including Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D), for their mishandling of the L.A. wildfires, saying their mismanagement of the state’s water supply and other related matters qualifies as “criminal.”

Thousands of Californians have lost their homes due to the out-of-control wildfires that have consumed the greater Los Angeles area, and Lakers coach JJ Redick is among them.

California residents have been struggling with insurance companies that dropped thousands of policies before this week’s wildfires. 

Joe Biden announced some “good news” to reporters during an awkward press briefing on the Los Angeles wildfires: “I’m a great-grandfather!”

Comedian and podcast host Adam Carolla has predicted that the catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires will lead wealthy California elites to abandon the Democrat party, or at least persuade them to vote somewhat less blue, because of the onerous amounts of state regulation they will face when they attempt to rebuild.

The wildfires sweeping across Southern California have already caused an estimated $52 billion to $57 billion in damages and economic losses, according to preliminary assessments from AccuWeather. The blazes, which have forced mass evacuations and disrupted daily life, are being

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass committed another blunder as she continues to drop the ball on the wildfire response in her city, telling desperate residents to visit “URL” for further assistance.

In an appearance on The Tonight Show on Wednesday night, actress Jamie Lee Curtis teared up over the devastation caused by the wildfires in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas this week.

“Shazam!” star Zachary Levi said California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and other Democrat leaders must be held accountable for the catastrophic fires in Los Angeles County, adding that he believes Newsom is “criminally negligent” for the mismanagement of the unfolding devastation.

One of the victims of the wildfires that broke out across the Los Angeles region was found deceased holding a hose, defending his home.