New York Times reporters have been writing personal portraits about the fires in the California Today newsletter. Here is a collection of their dispatches on what the disaster means to them ...

National Highways said its work to improve Junction 10 of the motorway in Surrey will now not finish until spring next year.

A 16-year-old boy was killed and five other men were injured when a shooting broke out overnight at a house party in Woodland Hills.

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