California fires live updates: Firefighters brace for more high winds

Price gouging during a state of emergency like the ones in effect in Ventura County and Los Angeles County is illegal, California Attorney General Rob Bonta warned at a press conference Saturday.

"If you're trying to take advantage of somebody. You're burglarizing in one of these evacuation areas. You're trying to scam somebody. We're going to get you," Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said.

California law prohibits a business from charging more than 10% more for a good or service than they did before the emergency. If a business only began selling the item after the emergency declaration, they can't charge more than 50% of the cost of the item, Bonta said.

"We have reports that listing agents are raising rents on the spot, preying on families who have been displaced, many of whom have lost their homes or don't even know what the current status of their home is," Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath said.

The ATF is leading a taskforce investigating the cause and origin of the fires, officials announced at a press conference Saturday.

The task force is made up of local, state and federal partners designed to investigate the cause of these fires and to see if there's any connection between them.

ATF-certified fire investigators arrived on the scene on Friday and additional ATF personnel are coming in to assist in the investigation, an ATF official told ABC News earlier.

"When the fires are out, make no mistake, we will have a full accounting of what worked, and especially what did not," LA Mayor Karen Bass said at a press conference Saturday. "So let me be clear about something, the fire chief and I are focused on fighting these fires and saving lives, and any differences that we might have will be worked out in private. But right now, our first and most important obligation to Angelinos is to get through this crisis."

When asked about the taskforce by ABC News, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said, "We're very confident that we have the best and the brightest that our nation has to offer working on this."

-ABC News' Jennifer Watts and Jack Date

At least 13 people are missing and 11 are dead in Los Angeles County as the fires continue to burn.

It remains unknown if any of the missing persons are included in the death count.

The sheriff's department has committed 40 members of its specialized search and rescue teams to work jointly with our partners at Los Angeles County Fire urban search and rescue team with the corners office for LA County, FEMA, the Office of Emergency Services and the use of cadaver dogs to search for remains and reunite families.

Twenty-seven people were arrested amid the Palisades and Eaton Fire areas, most of them people who were not where they were supposed to be, county and city officials said.

"They had no business being there," Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna told reporters on Saturday about the people arrested.

Twenty-two people were arrested by LA County while five others were arrested by the city.

Those arrested include two people who were arrested and booked for curfew violations. Most of the arrests were for burglary, looting and possession of narcotics.