LOS ANGELES (AP) — Parched Southern California was forecast to face more dangerous winds on Wednesday but could get some badly needed rain this weekend, dampening the prospects of another round of deadly wildfires though even a small amount of precipitation could could create new challenges like toxic ash runoff.

Madison Greene from Boston and now living in California gives CBS News Boston Assignment Manager Joe Couture a firsthand account of the wildfires in California.

Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared across the Los Angeles area.

Winds have picked up and are expected to continue through Tuesday morning, raising the risk of new wildfires sparking

The scale of the destruction is hard to comprehend: The fires have consumed more the 60 square miles, according to state fire officials, and killed at least 24 people even as the search for additional victims remains ongoing.

Loren Benn grew up in Altadena, California. The Eaton Fire burned more than a dozen homes belonging to her family members.

A Massachusetts native and her toddler son landed in Boston on Thursday morning after fleeing her home in wildfire-ravaged Hollywood, California, with just the clothes on her back.

Boston Scientific Corp. is paying $443 million upfront, plus up to $221 million in possible milestones, to buy the remainder of a Carlsbad, California company in which it already owned a major stake.

The fallout from the Southern California wildfires has one Boston-based nonprofit expediting the services it offers to families affected by a parent who lost their life to breast cancer or was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer,

Between the two biggest LA fires, more than 36,000 acres have burned. The entire city of Boston is just over 31,000 acres.

Lindsay Rando shipped half a dozen boxes of jeans and T-shirts to a Los Angeles YMCA, helping those who've lost everything in her beloved city.

The fires in California have burned 62 square miles ... Simmons, a Massachusetts native and long established Boston sports fan and columnist, has been living in L.A. since 2002, and Iacono ...