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An Evacuation Warning has been issued for areas within and near the Lake Fire burn scar effective 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, due to a storm expected on ...

A brush fire started up Wednesday evening in an area of Santa Paula between the Santa Clara River and Highway 126. The blaze was first reported shortly before 7 p.m. in the 600 block of Acacia Road.

The Santa Barbara Film Festival sets robust world premiere program and pledges to help with Los Angeles wildfire relief.

The wind-driven fires quickly grew beyond the capacity of the Los Angeles crews on hand — here, the county has 16 fire ...

An air quality alert was issued on Saturday at 10:53 a.m. in effect until Monday at midnight. The alert is for Calabasas and Agoura Hills, Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands, Eastern San Fernando ...

(Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) MOSS LANDING – Vistra is partnering with the Community Foundation for Monterey County to create the Moss Landing Fire Relief Fund, in support of households ...

Mandatory evacuations were issued Wednesday in the Castaic area due to the fast-spreading Hughes Fire. CAL FIRE's map shows the evacuation zones.

Red flag Warnings related to high fire danger will be in place until 10 a.m. Friday for the Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area, the San Gabriel Mountains, the 5 and 14 Freeway corridors ...

As another round of wild Santa Ana winds threatens Southern California this week, fire officials across the region say they are pre-deploying strike teams and asking for the public’s help ...

The Hughes fire, burning near Castaic Lake north of Santa Clarita, exploded to more than 10,000 acres of mostly brush in just a few hours. More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders and ...