Health officials warned Wednesday that the Los Angeles area is seeing more dengue fever cases in people who have not traveled outside the U.S. mainland, a year after the first such case was reported in California.

While Los Angeles County is reporting three locally acquired cases of dengue this year -- which is rare for the region -- there have been at least 3,085 cases nationally of locally acquired virus so far this year,

Firefighters are nearing victory in the battles against three major wildfires near Los Angeles that have burned more than 117,000 acres, destroyed nearly 200 structures and injured 23 people, officials said.

California wildfires, Trump rejects second Harris debate and more in today’s edition of The Yodel newsletter The Line Fire in Southern California has scorched over 20,000 acres of land and forced thousands of evacuations as firefighters battle the fast-moving flames.