Seven days since fires broke out throughout Los Angeles County, nearly 40,000 acres have been burned.  Since the fires started, roughly 200,000 have received an evacuation notice. Among those who chose to leave their home were UW Madison Alum Raleigh Harris and UW Madison freshman Clementine Harris.

UW-Stevens Point forest ecology professor Mike Tiller discussed whether wildfires like those in the Los Angeles area could happen in Wisconsin.

The American Red Cross is encouraging donors to give blood or platelets as winter storms and California wildfires have impacted blood supply.

When local reporting indicated multiple people had been badly hurt in a shooting at a Wisconsin school on Dec. 16, Scott Bauer was the first AP journalist

Besides burning the most urban area, the Eaton and Palisades fires are the largest ever for California in January. Alexandra Syphard, a senior research scientist at the Conservation Biology Institute, said their timing and path through the city “may have no precedent in history.”

The school shooting led officials to a similar plot in California, which was foiled by its red-flag law.

LOS ANGELES - One of the people near the ongoing southern California fires is a former member of the FOX6 News family. Gabrielle Mays is watching first-hand as ash is falling from the sky in southern California. Mays lives in downtown Los Angeles and said she has never experienced anything like this.

The American Red Cross of Wisconsin is sending help to southern California to aid in the wildfire relief effort.

Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban areas than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s, an Associated Press analysis shows. The Eaton and Palisades fires that erupted last week have collectively burned almost 4 square miles of highly dense parts of Los Angeles,

Urban fires are becoming more common as the city sprawl continues into more fire prone areas and climate change accelerates weather patterns like drought and extreme temperatures.

Besides burning the most urban area, the Eaton and Palisades fires are the largest ever for California in January. Alexandra Syphard, a senior research scientist at the Conservation Biology Institute, said their timing and path through the city “may have no precedent in history.”

The Badgers continue their Los Angeles trip with their first-ever Big Ten game at the historic Pauley Pavilion.