Local-government taxes and fees are taking a hit ahead of a costly rebuild. Initial shortfalls are even spreading to bond markets.

Utah firefighters are set to return home this weekend after spending nearly two weeks battling the California wildfires that have devastated numerous communities and left thousands homeless.

As animal shelters become overwhelmed due to wildfires, officials have flown 84 lost pets to Utah until they can be reunited with their owners.

The Santa Ana winds are expected to pick up again this week, making the Palisades and Eaton fires, among others, more difficult to contain as they continue to rage in Southern California.

School officials are scrambling to find an alternate site for its campus while trying to support families, nearly half of whom lost their homes in the fire.

Kelli Ferrone wiped blinds and window sills inside her daughters’ elementary school, just a half mile from the devastating Palisades Fire.

In-N-Out Burger will open its first new restaurant of the year in Carson on Thursday, Jan. 23. The drive-thru is at 20512 S. Avalon Blvd., at the Carson Plaza Drive entrance to SouthBay Pavilion. The In-N-Out takes up about an acre that was formerly part of the mall’s parking lot, according to plans approved by the city in 2022.

Urban Meyer will join Nick Saban in the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame class. The National Football Foundation announced Saban’s selection last week and the rest of the 18-player, four-coach class on Wednesday.

A day after firefighters got a reprieve with lighter winds than expected, gusts were hitting up to 35 mph (56 kph) on the coast and valleys and 55 mph (88 kph) in the mountains before dawn, National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Hall said.

A network of rescue groups are caring for animals affected by wildfires still burning in the Los Angeles area. A multi-state operation is under way to help relieve local animal shelters.

But even he has been shocked to see on the news, on social media and in the texts from family members living in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas the destruction the current fires in Pacific Palisades, Altadena and other areas have created. Luckily, as a current resident of the Ogden area, he has the generosity of Utahns to boost his spirits.

The devastation wrought by the deadly wildfires that ravaged sections of Los Angeles have left an indelible imprint on the region’s landscape and psyche.