Santa Monica is in absolutely no danger; The Malibu Fire is not even near Santa Monica. The north end of Malibu is what is burning - 10 miles north of Santa Monica.

The Santa Monica Mountains (which are not really in Santa Monica) are most in Danger but that will burn into Agoura/Calabasas/Westlake Village - the fire is burning north. The Stevenson Ranch/Corral/Santa Clarita fires are burning on the northern front of Los Angeles County into Ventura County - moving West. The Valencia/Magic fire is expected to burn towards Simi Valley/Oak Park/Moorpark/Thousand Oaks.(West and South)

The streets are somewhat empty. Businesses are closing - the air here is quite smokey and breathing affected.

There are 14 fires burning. 310 Square Miles Burned (from the news). Weather is expected to heat up tomorrow by 10 degrees at least.

In San Diego, the largest number of people are affected and being evacuated. Entire towns and communities;

Over 100 homes are lost in Lake Arrowhead and looters have been seen up there. People are being really stupid by not heeding evacuation orders.

Malibu just grounded all the planes and aerial fight.

The larger animals are the ones suffering; There is literally no space for them in many of the areas. The college near my office is housing horses from both Santa Clarita/Valencia and Malibu - the horse paddocks are full but they are tying them to the fences if you can get them there. They have a farm program. They will take other large animals if the ycan be transported

It's been too windy in a lot of areas to fight the fires aerially with the planes.

Michelle, your area has been lucky they could get the fixed wing craft up. When it gets dark they can't fly - too dangerous.

It's beyond belief if you were listening to the local news.