A check from California’s largest property insurer, which says it has paid billions of dollars in claims from the LA-area fires, has taken more than a week to clear so far.

The suit, which blames LADWP for damages caused by the devastating fire, amends a complaint filed in March and contains new allegations of city mismanagement and various attempts by LADWP to cover up its part in stoking the fire that destroyed nearly 7,000 homes and businesses and killed 12 people.

It's been six months since the Palisades Fire ravaged the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles and the cause remains unknown.

A lawsuit blaming the city of Los Angeles for the deadly Palisades fire was amended this week to include the State of California. Lawyers said "utter incompetence" led to the spread of the fire, saying it "rekindled" from a fire shortly after New Year's.

The Eaton and Palisades fires in January caused an unprecedented level of destruction, killing at least 30 people, destroying more than 16,000 homes in L.A. County and leaving a burn zone 2½ times the size of New York’s Manhattan. Two weeks into peak fire season, wildfires are spreading in California. Officials say it’s just the beginning.

Laguna Beach police said they identified the suspect as a 13-year-old boy, who was arrested on suspicion of felony reckless burning of forest land.

California has increased its discretionary reserves as a direct consequence of Trump’s ongoing threats to FEMA.

Workers were 400 feet (121 meters) underground and as much as 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) inside from the only entrance when the cave-in Wednesday evening threatened to trap them on the far side of the tunnel’s boring machine,

At least 31 tunnel workers have been rescued from a tunnel collapse in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.