The two biggest fires devastating the Los Angeles area grew just slightly on Friday as firefighters beat back the blazes that have killed at least 10 people, obliterated neighbourhoods and left the nation's second-largest city on edge.

US President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail or pay a fine over his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled, but the sentencing will place a judgment of guilt on his record.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met security officials on Friday to discuss Gaza ceasefire talks, an Israeli official told The Associated Press.

In the close-knit Los Angeles suburb of Altadena, where rows of neat bungalows once nestled in the shadow of the San Gabriel mountains, smoldering ruins and the skeletal frames of burnt out cars now lie.