Over the last eight years, wildfires have burned down more houses than at any time in California history. Decades of homebuilding in forests and foothills have left millions of residents exposed as climate change fuels longer, hotter and drier fire seasons.

Investigators on Wednesday announced new information about the suspect in the devastating Pacific Palisades fire in January. Here are five things to know about the suspect.1. The suspect's name is Jonathan Rinderknecht.

Investigators still haven’t determined the cause of that blaze or the Eaton Fire, which broke out the same day in Altadena.

A new wildfire was reported 2:33 a.m. Oct. 7 in Riverside County, California. Highway 2 Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management for 29 hours. There is no update on the containment progress of the fire and its cause remains undetermined.

The California FAIR Plan Assn., which covers homeowners denied insurance, is seeking a 35.8% rate increase, though some policyholders could pay more or less depending on fire risk.

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected legislation that would have increased CAL FIRE firefighter pay to match local agencies within 15% of comparable ranks statewide.