LA faces an initial $358 million wildfire recovery bill that is expected to rise with no immediate state or federal aid

A new wildfire was reported today at 5:55 a.m. in Los Angeles County. The wildfire has been burning on private land. There is no update on the containment of the fire and its cause has not yet been determined.

The Palisades and Eaton fires, two of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California history, reached 100 percent containment more than three weeks after they began.

But wildfire experts say cutting down Southern California's chaparral won't make the region safer from wildfires. In fact, because of the local ecology, they say clearing vast swaths of native brush could actually make the landscape even more flammable.