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A helicopter makes a water drop on the Palisades fire in Mandeville Canyon in Brentwood on Saturday. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) ...

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The respite from powerful winds that drove the devastating firestorms aided an epic aerial assault Saturday as a fleet of aircraft worked to prevent the Palisades fire from scorching homes in ...

Some blame it for the death in the 1990s of the famed 1,000-year-old Encino Oak Tree. Detractors say it took away the tree’s water supply (but other blame air pollution).

The massive mandatory evacuation zone stretches from the Pacific Ocean to the west, the San Diego (405) Freeway to the east, San Vicente Boulevard to the south and the Encino Reservoir to the north.

This weekend’s evacuation orders also include Encino. “We are hurting, we are grieving, we are angry. And I am too,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass told reporters Saturday. After a brief break ...

as the flames now threaten the Brentwood/Mendeville Canyon and Encino areas. The Palisades Fire is one of several massive blazes still burning throughout Los Angeles County, including the Eaton ...

(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Residents of Brentwood, on the eastern flank of the Palisades fire, and Encino to the north were ordered to evacuate overnight even as ...