At this point, it remains to be seen just how vulnerable Bass is due to her perceived failure to prepare and then respond to the fires.

Plus, multiple fundraisers for wildfire survivors, Smorgasburg reopens on Sunday, and LA’s restaurant community steps up

Real estate tycoons Rick Caruso, Grant Cardone and Robert Rivani claim corruption and mismanagement is behind SoCal inferno.

The wind-fed wildfires have killed at least 24 people and swept through 40,000 acres in the greater Los Angeles area, destroying entire communities and more than 12,300 structures. NBC News' Jay Gray reports.

"All that work, it took a while, there was just a lot of blood, sweat and tears put into it," said business owner Julia Cantu.

Coverage of the fires ravaging Altadena, Malibu, Pacific Palisades and Pasadena, including stories about the devastation, issues firefighters faced and the weather.

Yet the southern California reservoirs these canals help feed are at above-average levels for this time of year.Rick Caruso, a real estate developer and former Los Angeles Department of Water and ...