Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton fires continue to burn in Southern California.

With parts of Los Angeles County still smoldering from wildfires, the expected rain this weekend would seem like a welcome relief. But how the rain falls could make the difference between a disaster respite or a disaster repeat.

Chris Bennett, lead pastor of Vintage Malibu Church, said the funding from International Aid will be used to get people into safe housing.

International Aid, a Christian nonprofit, is providing the funds to Vintage Church Malibu and Vintage Church Pasadena.

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As the California wildfires ravaged Altadena, Malibu, Pacific Palisades and his hometown of Pasadena, Nick Robertson’s attention was understandably yanked away from the Toronto Maple Leafs.

DALLAS — A Dallas real estate mogul is among the thousands of people whose homes have been destroyed in the California wildfires. A spokesperson for Mehrdad Moayedi, CEO of North Texas-based Centurion American Development Group, confirmed to WFAA that a Malibu home that’d he’d bought in 2020 was destroyed in the fires.

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The Palisades fire — which has invaded Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Topanga and Mandeville canyons — was 65% contained as of Tuesday evening. Firefighters inched further on the Eaton fire — which has caused destruction in Altadena, Pasadena and Sierra Madre — achieving 89% containment, according to Cal Fire.

Many experts say luck does play a part. But they also say there are many ways that homes can be made less vulnerable to fire.

As bands of rain move into Southern California, residents in the burn scar areas are bracing for possible mudslides and land movements.