Rising winds threaten to spread the conflagration to suburban neighborhoods.  Residents nearby were ordered to evacuate or warned to be ready to leave quickly ahead of the fire. The blaze ...

Evacuations have been ordered for remote communities near a new wind-driven wildfire in the mountains north of Los Angeles.

The Hughes Fire near Castaic, California, has burned over 5,000 acres, prompting evacuations and school closures.

At least 28 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage ...