Strong winds and power outages have prompted schools in East County to cancel classes for the fourth day in a row.
Dry conditions remain in the Los Angeles area causing critical fire danger, but a chance of rain is in the forecast over the weekend.
A red flag warning has been issued for the Inland Empire and some cities in the Coachella Valley as strong gusty winds and low humidity are expected early next week. The warning is in effect from 10 a.
The National Weather Service has extended a Red Flag Warning until Friday morning for San Diego County's inland valleys and mountains.
A Red Flag Warning that went into effect Monday for San Diego County mountains and valleys has been extended due to strong gusty winds and low relative humidity.
Firefighters made quick work of a brush fire that broke out overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning. — prompting evacuation warnings along the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass. Within hours, forward progress of the brush fire was stopped at about 40 acres, officials reported.
NWS' 3:40 a.m. advisory indicates winds were blowing northeast at speeds between 25 to 35 mph, with gusts up to 60 mph.
As firefighters struggle to gain control of massive and deadly wildfires that are raging across parts of the Los Angeles area, the region is once again bracing for the potential of new fires and for current ones to intensify as a new storm system heads for the state.
Southern California will see its first significant rainfall event of the winter over the weekend, but it’ll have to get through a couple more days of fire weather first. The National Weather
"A particularly dangerous situation (PDS) red flag warning for a large portion of Los Angeles and Ventura counties" was implemented by the NWS on Monday at noon. The warning will remain in place ...
CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters fought to maintain the upper hand on a huge and rapidly moving wildfire that swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles and resulted in more than 50,000 people being put under evacuation orders or warnings.