Crews are battling a fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire burning near Castaic Lake north of Santa Clarita that prompted evacuation orders and warnings on Wednesday. The Hughes Fire broke out around ...

Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo’s constituents have been complaining to her about the stench and fumes they’ve been breathing ...

Named the Hughes fire, the blaze was reported just after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, in the area of Lake Hughes Road and the 5 Freeway and close to Castaic Lake, according to Cal Fire.

Evacuations were ordered Wednesday for a brush fire that grew at an alarming rate in the hills near Castaic north of Los Angeles on a day of red flag warnings for parts of Southern California.

About 15 miles away from Chancellor's location in the Grapevine section of the freeway, the Hughes Fire was well underway in what witnesses described as an apocalyptic scene in the Castaic area ...

The Hughes fire had begun that morning less than 5 miles from Ortega’s dorm in Pitchess Detention Center North, one of four lockups at the county’s sprawling Castaic jail complex. Ortega asked ...

The fires include the deadly Eaton and Palisades fire and the Hughes Fire, which started Wednesday morning in the Castaic area. The fire grew with ferocious speed, expanding to 3,400 acres in ...

A number of schools were under evacuation orders shortly after 11:30 a.m. after a brush fire broke out less than two hours ago near Castaic Lake in the town of Castaic, just outside of the northern ...