Firefighters are working to contain a new wildfire, dubbed the Hughes Fire, which exploded east of Lake Castaic in northern Los Angeles County on Wednesday. The fire had charred more than 8,000 acres ...

The Castaic Union School District announced it would close all its campuses Thursday due to the Hughes Fire burning in the area. The district oversees three elementary schools, two middle schools ...

Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Thursday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic a day earlier.

The Hughes fire north of Castaic quickly grew to more than 10,000 acres, but no structures were reported damaged. • Southern California expects less than half an inch of rain Saturday through ...

EDITOR'S NOTE:This is an outdated liveblog. Click here for the latest Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 updates. A fast-growing brush fire forced evacuation orders in the Los Angeles County community of ...

Workers monitor flames caused by the Hughes Fire is seen in Castaic, California.

CASTAIC, Calif. -- Evacuation orders were lifted ... briefly triggering more evacuations. Southern California is under a red flag warning for critical fire risk through Friday.

The southbound 5 was closed at Grapevine Road, on the southern edge of Kern County, according to the California Highway Patrol. A new fire exploded Wednesday north of Castaic, spreading quickly ...

The Hughes Fire has burned more than 9,000 acres Wednesday around the Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County on Wednesday continuing a devastating wave of Southern California wildfires fueled by dry ...

Evacuations were ordered for the approximately 10-acre fire burning in Sepulveda Pass as well as the brush fire that grew at an alarming rate in the hills near Castaic north of Los Angeles on a ...