Here's the latest on containment for the fires burning across Southern California as firefighters work to get the blazes under control.

As of Thursday, the Palisades fire had reached 15,000 acres, spreading to Malibu and Topanga and torching homes and restaurants along the Pacific Coast Highway. One resident told the Washington Examiner ’s video producer Natasha Sweatte that his community is coming together in this time of crisis.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the Santa Ana wind-fueled Palisades Fire in Los Angeles had scorched more than 11,000 acres and destroyed an estimated 1,000 structures, many of them homes, officials said.