The Hughes Fire causes plumes of smoke over a mountainous area of Castaic, CA, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. That smoke traveled to nearby Ventura County where around 40,000 farmworkers labor in ...

The Hughes Fire, one of a series of major blazes that have devastated the Los Angeles metro region since Jan. 7, erupted on Wednesday near Castaic Lake reservoir, about 45 miles north of downtown ...

Flood watches were in effect through 4 p.m. Monday for burn areas from recent fires that broke out around the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles, Altadena and Castaic Lake, said Joe ...

As of Wednesday afternoon, the Hughes Fire had broken out near Castaic Lake, about 30 miles east of the college, so the helispot may receive use before the present fire season has ended.

Ventura County authorities downgraded an evacuation order and lifted several warnings Thursday for areas in and around the town of Piru as a wildfire burning near Castaic Lake topped 10,000 acres ...

A day earlier, the blaze was first reported around 10:45 a.m. near Castaic Lake, off Lake Hughes Road just north of Castaic Reservoir Road, spreading to 500 acres within an hour and continuing to ...

Firefighters battle the Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake, north of Santa Clarita, California, U.S. January 22, 2025. Live updates: Hughes Fire rages near LA; 50K under evacuation orders, warnings ...

Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday for tens of thousands as firefighters slowed the spread of a huge wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles, but new blazes erupted in San Diego County.

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.

The California fires have overall caused at least $28 billion in insured damage and probably a little more in uninsured damage, according to Karen Clark and Company, a disaster modeling firm known ...

CNA Staff, Jan 23, 2025 / 17:10 pm. As a series of massive and destructive wildfires in the Los Angeles area continue to burn, a new fire that sparked Wednesday north of the city, near Castaic ...