A California father of two who lost his home to wildfires on Jan. 8 is calling for significant changes in leadership "that absolutely failed" the state's residents in a crisis.

The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles are more than a week old, but parts of southern California are still burning. The death toll has reached 25, and is expected to climb as search teams comb through thousands of charred buildings,

If the insurance industry stops writing policies for California homes, it will ultimately hit the mortgage industry.

Much of Los Angeles remains burning as this month's wildfires continue to wreak destruction on America's second-largest city. The Eaton Fire in Altadena has killed at least 17 people, while the Palisades Fire has burned 24,