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.

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

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 ...

A fire north of a jail complex in Castaic has triggered evacuations in L.A. County, even as Southern California hopes for some rain to help with firefighting efforts.

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.

According to Castaic Union School District Superintendent Bob Brauneisen ... Areas north of Warm Springs Divide, south of Liebre Mountain Road, east of Old Ridge Route and the 5 Freeway, and west of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A fast-growing brush fire forced evacuation orders in the Los Angeles County community of Castaic on Wednesday, officials ...