Coverage of when the Hughes fire exploded north of Castaic, the areas under evacuation orders and an extended red flag ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

Mandatory evacuation orders were issued Wednesday due to the Hughes Fire burning near Castaic Lake, north of Santa Clarita.

The Castaic Sports Complex ... ramps remain closed at Parker Road and at Lake Hughes Road, the CHP said. Ridge Route Road is closed at Lake Hughes and at Templin Highway. Lake Hughes is closed ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...