Some 1,000 structures destroyed, LA fire chief says, as sheriff, ordering 70,000 to evacuate, says force 'prioritizing life ...

Images of the devastation showed homes that had collapsed in a whirlwind of flaming embers. The tops of palm trees whipped against a glowing red sky.

The fire rose from the bone-dry hills, as so many others have, but at his home perched above the ocean Paul Hirsch felt this ...