California lawmakers approve $2.5 billion in LA fires relief funding

What to Know

• The sparked in the Castaic area Wednesday morning and grew to about 10,000 acres in northern LA County.
• A was in effect Thursday and into Friday for parts of Los Angeles County, indicating high fire danger.
• Castaic Union School District announced it would reopen its schools Friday
• About 31,000 people were under  with another 21,000 under evacuation warnings in the Hughes Fire.
• The Palisades Fire on the LA County coast was 75% contained at 23,400 acres. The Eaton Fire in the Altadena area was 95% contained at 14,000 acres.
• Twenty-eight deaths were reported in the Eaton and Palisades fires.
• Lawmakers approved a with bipartisan support.
• This blog is no longer being updated, click for wildfire updates.