Started in response to the pandemic, the Virtual Academy will be embedded at Cook Elementary and Winston-Salem Prep.

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.

Mandatory evacuations were issued Wednesday in the Castaic area due to the fast-spreading Hughes Fire. CAL FIRE's map shows the evacuation zones.

Hughes Fire initially started 10:53 a.m. Jan. 22 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 10,396 acres after being active for 46 hours. By Friday morning, the fire crew succeeded in containing 56% of the ...

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – Firefighters on the ground and in the air rushed to slow a rapidly spreading brush fire that exploded near Castaic on Wednesday, forcing tens of thousands of evacuations and ...

All schools in the Castaic Union School District are closed Jan. 23, with Superintendent Bob Brauneisen saying in a statement that the closure comes due to concerns about “poor air quality and ...

Evacuation orders included Northlake Hills Elementary School, Castaic Elementary School, and Castaic Middle School. The California Highway Patrol said that students from the two Castaic schools were ...

including Northlake Hills Elementary School, Castaic Elementary School, and Castaic Middle School. Plumes of smoke rise as the Hughes Fire burns in Castaic, Calf., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.

All schools in the Castaic Union School District are closed ... Hart Union High School District and the Saugus Union Elementary School District. A complete list of school closures can be found ...