Around 31,000 residents have fled Castaic and a local prison has been ... up to an inch could fall in localized thunderstorms, and if enough falls on scorched slopes, this would be a worst-case ...

Local officials and county leaders provided an update on the Hughes Fire that exploded near Castaic on Wednesday, forcing tens of thousands of evacuations and impacting traffic on the 5 Freeway.

Northbound I-5 has reopened following a brush fire that erupted Wednesday afternoon in Castaic in Southern California. It has exploded to more than 5,200 acres. SoCal brush fire explodes to 4,600 ...