A homeless man was shot and killed in Santa Monica after an argument with a woman; police are seeking the male suspect.

The Santa Monica Police Department arrested a dozen burglary suspects, all of whom live outside the Santa Monica area.

Authorities across Los Angeles have been alert to potential crimes happening in evacuation zones amid the damaging wildfires.

Some looters in Los Angeles are using wildfire evacuation maps to find empty homes and burglarize them, police said. Police officers have been on high alert looking for looters ever since the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire triggered thousands of residents to flee from their homes.