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EXCLUSIVE: Rob Lowe’s directorial debut in the documentary realm, Madness in the Hills, will premiere on Peacock on Friday. The film tells the story of the mudslides that killed 23 people in Southern California in January 2018, including many friends and neighbors of Lowe. His community in Montecito was in the center…

The Thomas Fire is now the largest wildfire in California’s recorded history, burning 273,400 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, also known as Cal Fire. Despite more than 2,500 firefighters still battling the blaze, it remains only 65 percent contained. However, firefighters…

Rob Lowe is taking time to show his appreciation for the firefighters batting the massive Thomas fire near his home in Montecito, California. He shared a photo on Instagram of a Cal Fire firefighters crew dining Sunday evening at his home. “Dinner for new friends at our house,” Lowe wrote. View this…

Firefighters continued struggling today against the massive Thomas Fire, now the third-largest in California history. Nearly 8,500 firefighters continue to battle the blaze, which has destroyed more than 1,000 structures and burned 269,500 acres so far. That’s an area larger than New York City. The fires are…

Santa Barbara County and the celebrity haven of Montecito are under new evacuation orders this morning, as winds picked up and spread the Thomas fire throughout the region. The 404-square-mile Thomas Fire was reportedly cresting Montecito Peak, just north of the unincorporated Santa Barbara County community of…

3RD UPDATE, 12:39 PM: The Los Angeles Fire Department said this morning that the Skirball Fire that destroyed homes in Bel-Air last week was caused by an illegal cooking fire. “LAFD investigators have determined the fire was caused by an illegal cooking fire at an encampment in a brush area adjacent to where Sepulveda…

UPDATED, 5:10 PM: Stephen Cornwell, a principal at The Ink Factory (The Night Manger) and his family — despite losing their home and all their belongings in the Ojai/Thomas fire — are asking those in the industry to help others in need: My wife, the kids and I want to thank all the amazing people who have reached out…

President Donald Trump today declared a state of emergency for the California wildfires raging across the southern part of the state since Tuesday. A total of six fires covering 141,000 acres are now active in the region, according to CalFire today, with 212,000 evacuated overall from Ventura County’s massive Thomas…