A new wildfire was reported today at 5:55 a.m. in Los Angeles County. The wildfire has been burning on private land. There is no update on the containment of the fire and its cause has not yet been determined.

Soboroff had defended the proposed salary of half-a-million dollars for 3 months of work, saying his expertise as a residential property developer made him worth the price. But after criticisms

But wildfire experts say cutting down Southern California's chaparral won't make the region safer from wildfires. In fact, because of the local ecology, they say clearing vast swaths of native brush could actually make the landscape even more flammable.