Just because I'm tired of hearing about it let me remind everyone that "Los Angeles" is ENORMOUS and these fires are more than an hour's drive from LA itself.  There is always something burning in LA.  The TV news there own lots of helicopters and the big orange flames make for good print photos so it always gets covered far more than it should considering how often it occurs.  I also theorize that the TV people live in the outskirts areas that frequently burn.

If LA were actually to burn down, by the grace of god, it would take weeks.