Welcome to the News Hour. Firefighters are making some progress in the battle against a series of catastrophic wildfires around Los Angeles.

But new blazes have popped up and more than 10,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed.

At least 10 people have been killed and there's still more danger ahead with winds expected to pick up once again this weekend.

California Governor Gavin Newsom said the state will conduct an inquiry into the many questions

about water supply that left some hydrants unusable. Stephanie Sybe begins our coverage with

this on the ground report. Winds started to ease today, giving firefighters a window to continue making progress on fires that burn for a fourth day around Los Angeles.

The Eaton fire northeast of the city and the Palisades fire to the west are the largest, but others have continued to pop up, including the Kenneth fire in the San Fernando Valley. That fire prompted evacuations last night and burned about 1,000 acres before firefighters

brought it under control overnight.

Officials warn more than 57,000 structures remain at risk.

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass defended the city's response. We are doing everything we can to bring

the situation under control and success has been reported. That is our number one job to protect

people's homes, to protect people's businesses, and to prepare to rebuild Los Angeles in a much better way.

But I also knew what the way that the wind was, that things could change on a dime.

On Tuesday, Lauren Cyncar saw plumes of smoke coming over her house in Malibu.

She quickly fled with her husband and watched through their security camera as the flames crept closer and closer before the feed went black.

She hasn't been back to her property yet, but neighbors have sent photos that show what remains of her house.

It's been a very strange couple of few days, really surreal at times, and then other times like just deeply devastating.

But it hasn't just happened to me, it's happened to so many people.

So with that perspective, I think I've been able to sort of carry on,

but then there are other moments where I'm like,

I have nothing, like, everything we had is gone, except for the few

stupid things that we grabbed on the way out. They've been staying at a hotel, trying to figure

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