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 ...

Ventura County authorities downgraded an evacuation order and lifted several warnings Thursday for areas in and around the town of Piru as a wildfire burning near Castaic Lake topped 10,000 acres.

The Hughes Fire broke out late Wednesday morning and has charred 10,396 acres near Castaic Lake, a popular recreation area about 40 miles from the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires that are ...