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

We can’t acknowledge that death and destruction from wildfires and other disasters are routine, or we’d never be able to live in California.

With parts of Los Angeles County still smoldering from wildfires, the expected rain this weekend would seem like a welcome relief. But how the rain falls could make the difference between a disaster respite or a disaster repeat.

The fire, which started the night of Jan. 7 near Altadena ... were reported in the Northern California fire near Chico. Get top local stories in San Diego delivered to you every morning.

Get top local stories in San Diego delivered to you every morning ... loss through the Los Angeles region on January 14 in Altadena, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) As firefighters ...

Two new wildfires broke in San Diego County in Southern California as powerful Santa Ana winds picked up pace on Tuesday. Evacuation orders were issued for the Lilac Fire, which had burned about 50 acres (20 hectares),

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI ... “We sent teams to both Los Angeles and Altadena to both those large scale fires that were going on that night.” The crews will work two week assignments before ...

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.

All residents in Altadena are now being allowed to go back ... Gavin Newsom for the fires and criticized California for its response to the blazes in his inauguration address, earlier announced ...

ALTADENA, Calif. (KGTV) — In the middle of Southern California’s dangerous wildfires, a former San Diego journalist helped save a preschool in Altadena from the Eaton Fire. Matthew Weiss was ...

Widely cited as the first major Black woman author of science fiction, Butler grew up near Altadena, in Pasadena, and spent much of her life in Southern California before moving to the Seattle ...

Editor's note: This file captures the news of the California wildfires from Tuesday, Jan. 21. For the latest updates on the LA and San Diego fires ... All residents in Altadena are now being ...