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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 ...

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 ...

Initial reports put the fire at only 50 acres, but it exploded to more than 5,000 in the first two hours, fanned by the same Santa Ana winds that have plagued the area all month. The Grapevine ...

It’s been more than seven years since homes in this Santa Rosa neighborhood were incinerated by the Tubbs fire, which swept across Napa and Sonoma counties in a matter of hours before jumping ...

An explosive wildfire erupted north of Los Angeles on Wednesday, consuming more than 10,000 acres by that night, as dangerous Santa Ana winds continued amid tinder-dry conditions that have plagued ...