We've had the below video from firefighters in Ventura, where a new fire broke out on Monday evening.

The Auto Fire - the LA region's fourth and smallest blaze - spread across 56 acres over several hours, before fire crews said they had stopped it from advancing.

The video is pretty dramatic, though - and firefighters said they'd stay at the scene to "mop up hotspots".

The National Weather Service has given an update on the strongest winds so far, after a red flag warning for high winds and fire risk came into force just over two hours ago.

It recorded 72mph winds over Magic Mountain Truck Trail, east of Santa Clarita - an area under the "particularly dangerous situation" warning.

The "particularly dangerous situation" warning is issued when low humidity, high winds and very dry vegetation coincides, meaning there's a risk of large and deadly wildfires.

The NWS says the winds would accelerate through the mid-morning. As our BBC weather forecaster explains, even though the winds near the largest fires are not expected to be as fierce as last week, they'll still be strong enough to allow fires to spread rapidly.

Paul Glynn
Culture reporter

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Austrian-American composer Arnold Schoenberg's music catalogue has been destroyed by the LA wildfires.

Around 100,000 scores belonging to his family's publishing company were destroyed when a 2,000-sq-ft building in Pacific Palisades burned down, the New York Times reported, external on Sunday.

"It's brutal," said Larry Schoenberg, the groundbreaking 20th-century composer's son, who rented and sold the manuscripts through Belmont Music Publishers. "We lost everything."

No original scores were destroyed - but the loss could pose issues for musicians hoping to play his father's music.

Leon Botstein, music director of the American Symphony Orchestra, said losing Belmont, which made Schoenberg's music publicly available, was a "catastrophe".

Belmont said it hopes to make new digital copies of original scores kept at the Schoenberg Center in Vienna.

A well-known high school which was damaged by wildfire is appealing to the public for temporary classrooms and outdoor spaces so school life for its 3,000 pupils can continue.

Palisades Charter High School Principal Pamela Magee does not give details on the damage in her statement, but says the fire "left us without a home".

She writes: "The fires have taken a heavy toll on our school community, displacing many of our families and students who have lost their homes and their belongings."

Without in-person lessons, "students may experience increased feelings of isolation and anxiety", Magee says, adding that they needed to "maintain a sense of normalcy and stability".

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As wildfires continue to ravage the area around Pasadena, the County of Los Angeles has released a preliminary map showing locations, external where damage assessments have been carried out on homes so far.

A red highlight is used to indicate homes that have been over 50% destroyed by the fires, while those in black have suffered no damage. Green shows those with only minimal damage.

Pasadena has been affected largely by the Eaton fire. Earlier on, we reported on how this has so far destroyed over 14,000 acres, while fire services say it is only at 33% containment.

LA authorities, local state agencies and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) are opening two centres to help those most affected the wildfires today.

The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services says the centres will have resources to help those affected apply for assistance and includes financial aid, housing, funds for repairs and insurance.

The two Disaster Recovery Centres are located in the UCLA Research Park and at Pasadena City College, external - near the Palisades and Eaton fires respectively.

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A British man living in LA has described how he stood on his front lawn and saw smoke coming up the hillside approaching his home - which has now been completely destroyed apart from the chimney stack.

Warren Skidmore, an astrophysicist from the West Midlands, evacuated with his wife and teenage daughters when the power went out and the fire was only a few hundred yards away.

It's now "just a big pile of ash," he says. "The frame has burnt out. The walls have collapsed.

"Our kids were brought home from the hospital to that house, so they've grown up in the house. All their little bits of artwork when they were children and that kind of thing, it's all gone."

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It has gone 04:00 in LA, meaning a red flag warning - plus a warning of a "particularly dangerous situation" - have come into force from the National Weather Service, lasting until 12:00 on Wednesday.

Where does it cover? The red flag warning is marked in red below, covering much of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, and into the mountains of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties.

The "particularly dangerous situation" warning covers two smaller areas - the Ventura County Valleys, Western San Fernando Valley and Ventura County Coast, and also the I-5 Corridor.

What does it mean? The larger red flag warning says there will be wind gusts of up to 70mph and a high risk for large fires with very rapid fire spread and extreme fire behaviour.

There is good news, thought - "this wind event is not expected to be as strong and destructive as last week's windstorm".

The rare "particularly dangerous situation" warning is issued when there's a combination of low humidity, strong winds and very dry vegetation - and means fires can spark and become large and deadly.

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As the US east coast wakes up, here's the latest on the wildfires in the west, according to California fire services:

• The Palisades Fire is 14% contained, and has so far swallowed 23,713 acres of land
• The Eaton Fire is 33% contained, and is slightly smaller, spanning 14,117 acres
• The Hurst Fire has nearly been quelled - it is at 97% containment after covering 799 acres
• The Auto Fire has reportedly been stopped from moving forwards after spanning 55.7 acres - that's according to Ventura County Fire Department

We'll bring you more on this as soon as we have a briefing from the west coast, where there are fears that dangerously high winds could exacerbate the wildfires once more.

As the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles’s history burn down tens of thousands of buildings and force hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes, Clive Myrie looks at how the devastating fires unfolded and whether LA can rebuild.

In a BBC News special, we meet those on the front line of the fight against the fire and hear from the people who have lost their homes and livelihoods to the disaster.

Los Angeles on Fire is now available to watch on BBC iPlayer.

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Evan Griffith, the organist and music director at the Altadena Community Church, says the "beautiful historic building" has been completely burnt to the ground.

"The 1948 organ was beloved in the musical community and it was especially devastating to see its destruction," he tells the BBC Newsday programme.

Many of the congregation have been attending this church for decades, he says - and almost one in three of them have lost their homes.

It's "especially devastating for folks who have lost their homes to lose their spiritual home as well," he adds.

Matt Taylor
BBC Weather

Tuesday is likely to be a crucial day for firefighters attempting to contain wildfires that remain burning, as Santa Ana winds are expected to strengthen again.

The winds, blowing in from the east or north-east, are set to peak with gusts up to 70mph (112km/h) possible.

The strongest winds will be on hills and in some valleys to the north and east of Los Angeles, including the counties of Ventura and Los Angeles. However, the winds near the Palisades and Eaton fires are not expected to be as strong this time round. The areas threatened by those two fires are facing wind gusts closer to 30mph (48km/h), which one local fire chief called "normal".

Last week, winds in excess of 100mph (160km/h) were recorded, but the winds won't be as fierce this week.

The wind direction is also different this week, which is why slightly different areas will see the stronger gusts.

The winds will be still be strong enough to allow fires to spread rapidly and so PDS (particularly dangerous situation) red flag warnings have once again been issued. More here on the latest outlook for LA.

Emma Pengelly
BBC News

As a former producer with US network CNN, Dave Waterfall says he is used to "seeing other people's disasters" - but "I never thought I’d live in a community that had experienced such a disaster".

He, his wife and two children evacuated from their Santa Monica home last week as "the fire was within eight blocks of our home" - his home is only still standing since it's near a ridge where firefighters targeted the blaze.

The family are now living in the flat above his motorcycle shop in Santa Monica, and helping to provide aid to emergency workers, he tells the BBC.

“We wanted to help some first responders so we invited friends to come over and I ordered enough products from Costco to build 200 kits of protein shakes, jerky, caffeine and candy," he says

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People whose properties have burned down have filed two lawsuits against energy firm Southern California Edison (SCE), claiming its electrical equipment started the Eaton Fire.

SCE is accused of not cutting power to its equipment, despite warnings that weather conditions were ripe for wildfires. The lawsuits cite evidence suggesting a fire broke out at one of its transmission towers.

An SCE spokesperson said yesterday that it had not been served with the complaints, but that it would review them once received.

"The cause of the fire continues to be under investigation," they added.

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Since the wildfires broke out, incoming president Donald Trump has been engaged in a spat with California Governor Gavin Newsom.

Trump blamed "incompetent" politicians for the "catastrophe", while Newsom accused the president-elect of spreading misinformation.

Now, according to the BBC's US partner CBS, Trump is planning on travelling to Los Angeles after his inauguration, three sources say.

The president-elect will take office on Monday next week, and CBS reports that Trump could visit LA in the same week.

Matt Taylor
BBC Weather

As we've been reporting, firefighters are bracing for another round of Santa Ana winds in Los Angeles as four fires burn around the county.

Santa Ana winds can bring disruptive impacts to daily life in Los Angeles and parts of southern California, and when coupled with wildfires they can escalate the situation rapidly, causing the fires to take hold and spread at great speed.

These strong and gusty east or north-easterly winds blow from inland towards the coast and can occur numerous times throughout the year, usually during the cooler months.

You can read more about the Santa Ana winds and where they come from in our detailed explainer.

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Just now, the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued an air quality alert, external covering the South Coast air basin (which covers all of Orange County, and parts of LA, Riverside and San Bernardino counties) and Coachella Valley.

It says this is "due to harmful levels of windblown dust and ash", and states that the warning will last until Wednesday evening at 19:00 local time (03:00 GMT on Thursday).

To protect their health, the NWS advises residents in the areas affected to avoid outdoor activity, and to keep windows and doors closed.

We've got some new photos to bring you from the Los Angeles area, where firefighters and volunteers are still working to tackle four active fires.

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US superstar Beyoncé says she has postponed a surprise announcement that had been planned for today "due to the devastation".

In a post on Instagram, the singer says she prays for the "healing and rebuilding for the families suffering from trauma and loss".

She also says her foundation has donated $2.5m (£2.05m) to people who have lost their homes.

Other celebrities have been volunteering to distribute aid or raising money, including Paris Hilton, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and actress Halle Berry, who says she donated "my entire closet" to people who are displaced.

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Chester Griffiths, a brain surgeon from Malibu, says he spent six and a half days battling the flames alongside his neighbour when the fire service was unable to reach them.

Speaking to our colleagues on the Today programme, Griffiths describes how he had been preparing for this eventuality for a while, but he "never fathomed that it would be this catastrophic and this apocalyptic".

Griffiths was in surgery when the fires first broke out, but says he quickly returned home to battle the initial fire storm alongside his neighbour.

“We were putting those burning pieces of charcoal and wood out that were flying at 80mph in the air at us, and trying to prevent them from not starting fires on the structures and on the roof,” he recalls.

Chester says he “totally understands” why the fire service were too stretched to help, adding: "That's why it’s so important to be trained ahead of time, to have your equipment and truly to have your community’s support."