‘The virus wants to live.’ California’s big COVID spike isn’t expected to ease anytime soon – Los Angeles Times

Southern California is about to get soaked — the good and the potentially bad  ABC News

LAFD insider named chief amid lingering questions about Palisades fire  Los Angeles Times

‘Hell on earth’: Ottawa rapper TwoTiime among Canadians displaced by L.A. fires  National Post ‘Hell on earth’: Ottawa rapper TwoTiime among Canadians displaced by L.A. fires  Global News Ottawa ‘Ring of fire’: Nova Scotians in L.A. speak about living through historic fires  CBC.ca Newfoundlanders Abroad So Far Spared From Devastating L.A. Wildfires  VOCM Eugene Levy, Raine Maida, Chantal Kreviazuk among Canadian musicians and actors affected by Los Angeles fires  The Globe and Mail