President-elect Donald J. Trump, in perhaps his first official trip after being inaugurated on Monday, will likely visit the Los Angeles area to survey wildfire damage late next week.

A new wildfire was reported today at 1:46 p.m. in Los Angeles County. The wildfire has been burning on private land. There is currently no information about the containment efforts for the fire and its cause remains undetermined.

No stranger to natural disasters, Pasadena resident Pedro Rojas keeps a safety bag in his car with essentials like a jacket, gloves and running shoes in case he needs to flee at a moment’s notice.

Those looking to assist residents affected by the Los Angeles County firestorm have a number of options to donate money, materials or their time.

Fire weather” is a term increasingly used to describe the atmospheric conditions that have rendered California’s recent wildfires uncontrollable. This emerging pattern combines hot, dry air that draws moisture from the soil and vegetation,