
As L.A. fire danger grew, warnings escalated quickly, timeline shows
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Los Angeles firefighters have made progress containing wildfires that have claimed at least 10 lives and caused unprecedented damage. In the weeks ahead, officials and residents will examine whether local authorities' warnings and early responses adequately prepared the city for the escalating crisis.
CBS News examined public statements and warnings to trace how authorities sounded the alarm as conditions worsened. Here's what we know.
By the week's end hundreds of thousands of people had evacuated their homes, tens of thousands of buildings had been destroyed, and the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire had become among the most destructive in California history.

A closely watched election for a state supreme court judgeship in Wisconsin gave Democrats a boost Tuesday night, while two special elections in Florida delivered two seats to House Speaker Mike Johnson's perilously thin GOP majority. Though off-year and special elections attract a much smaller share of voters than presidential elections, the outcomes in both states held insights for Democrats and Republicans for the months ahead. Here are some of the takeaways: