With conditions improving on the fire lines and containment growing, evacuation orders and warnings were dramatically scaled back Thursday around the Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake. While evacuation ...

Santa Ana winds continued to gust across much of the Southland Thursday, but were expected to back off as the day wears on, giving way to cooler conditions and even rain that could help efforts to ...

The Hughes fire, which broke out north of Santa Clarita on Wednesday scorched more than 10,100 acres and is 14% contained, ...