The Hughes Fire broke out around 11 a.m. on Wednesday. The fire has burned more than 5,000 acres in just a few hours. Thousands are under evacuation orders between Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

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

A mandatory evacuation order has been issued for the Line Fire burn area in Highland. The evacuation order applies to the ...

The department advised residents to stay inside ... "We're sitting at 35-40 mph winds in this Castaic Fire. I was on the Palisades Fire that first night and I had wind gusts up to 80-100 mph ...

A fire north of a jail complex in Castaic has triggered evacuations in L.A. County, even as Southern California hopes for some rain to help with firefighting efforts.

Coverage of when the Hughes fire exploded north of Castaic, the areas under evacuation orders and an extended red flag ...

“After conferring with the fire department battalion chief and reviewing ... and staff to return to school tomorrow morning,” the Castaic Union School District wrote in a statement.

Flames from the Hughes fire came within a mile of the Castaic jails before firefighters pushed them back. Inmate advocates ...

“After conferring with the fire department battalion chief and reviewing ... and staff to return to school tomorrow morning,” the Castaic Union School District wrote in a statement.

With the storm dumping rain over the Eaton Fire burn zone, runoff canals in Sierra Madre's Upper Canyon community are running black with muddy water.

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 ...