With calmer winds, fire crews are making progress on containing some of the major fires around the Los Angeles area.

But dry conditions and forecasts of strong winds next week suggest more dangerous conditions ahead for weary Angelinos and firefighters.

New video shows the depth and scope of the fire devastation along the Malibu coast.

More than 80,000 people remain evacuated, and some were growing frustrated.

They can't return to check on their homes.

Local authorities said today that residents may not be able to do so for at least another week.

There are areas that we are holding because we believe there may be deceased victims there.

We have to hold for the right time and the right resources to process the scene correctly.

And that's going to take a little while. So far, at least 25 people are dead and dozens still missing.

While the fires have brought vast destruction and loss,

we've also witnessed the best of humanity,

Californians stepping up to help their neighbors in any way they can.

We spoke to many of those people working around the clock to help those affected.

Here is some of what they told us.

My name is Brittany Thorn, and I'm the executive director for Best Friends Animal Society in Los Angeles.

The last week has all felt pretty chaotic from when we first saw the flames from the roof of our building.

We have been going out to any of the local shelters that are being impacted by these awful fires.

That would be the LA County shelters, LA Animal Services, as well as, of course, Pasadena Humane.

And we have been pulling in animals that were

already in their standing population. So these are not animals that are currently being displaced by

the fires, but we know that those animals are coming in. And so we wanted to create as much space

as possible in the shelters. If we are able to get animals out on a flight

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