A fast-moving brush fire raced across thousands of acres of thick vegetation near Castaic Lake Wednesday, forcing mandatory evacuations in the lake area and into the heart of Castaic, with warnings ...

A stone’s throw from the flames, residents watched the spectacle like fans at a sporting event — phones held aloft, sharing ...

Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near ...

The intersection at Lake Hughes and Ridge Route roads, which is within the mandatory evacuation zone near Castaic Lake, was filled with first responders as they directed traffic for evacuating ...

The Hughes Fire broke out around 11 a.m. in the area of Lake Hughes Road near the 5 Freeway and Castaic Lake, according to Cal Fire. It is estimated at 500 acres as of 11:45 a.m.

Alyce McFadden, a reporting fellow on The Times’s Metro desk, writes about what covering a disaster for the first time brought home to her.

Los Angeles County reduced evacuation orders to warnings for areas in and around Castaic Lake. This zone roughly encompasses an area east of Ridge Route and Old Ridge Route roads, south of Liebre ...

Parker Road/Ridge Road eastbound from The Old Road; Lake Hughes Road eastbound from The Old Road All Castaic Union School District schools will be closed Thursday due to the nearby Hughes Fire ...

Neighborhoods surrounding Lake Castaic Lake were placed under mandatory evacuation ... Road closures were put in place on Ridge Route Road at Lake Hughes Road, Ridge Route Road at Templin Highway, ...

The fire started shortly before 11 a.m. on Lake Hughes Road near Castaic Lake and burned through ... and Lake Hughes Road Eastbound Parker Road / Ridge Road from The Old Road Eastbound Lake ...