The Los Angeles Lakers have had a second straight game postponed, with the NBA making the announcement on Friday night.

The Santa Ana winds have long been a harbinger of trouble in Southern California, their fierce gusts igniting and spreading wildfires that leave devastation in their wake. This week, as flames roared through neighborhoods and forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate,

Firefighters are making progress slowing the major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and caused thousands of people to flee their homes.