A quick-strike crew of Native American firefighters and journeymen utility workers from the Navajo Nation are helping Los Angeles residents cut through landslides, mangled trees and charred debris of

By Chad Terhune and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Los Angeles officials told most evacuees from the wildfires on Thursday to stay away from their homes at least another week as emergency responders remove toxic waste from incinerated neighborhoods and cut off electricity and gas lines posing a hazard amid the ruins.

Proceeds will benefit a host of California fire relief organizations and initiatives under the advisement of the Annenberg Foundation. The Steve Ballmer-owned Los Angeles Clippers, who just moved into Intuit Dome last fall, are said to be “covering the millions in expenses associated with the event.”

Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s

Days after losing her home in the same fire that destroyed her Los Angeles elementary school, third-grader Gabriela Chevez-Muñoz resumed classes this week at another campus temporarily hosting children from her school.