A hard-charging brush fire erupted in northern Los Angeles County on Wednesday, hustling through 9,400 acres of terrain so far, aided by heavy, dry brush and pushed by gusting Santa Ana winds, Cal ...

The Castaic Sports Complex, also under a mandatory evacuation order, is being used as a fire command post. As of Wednesday evening, evacuation orders are impacting 31,000 people, and another ...

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.

North Lake Elementary School students were taken to the Castaic Sports Complex at 31230 Castaic Road in Castaic, authorities added. Parents were asked to pick up their children at the respective ...

Your life depends on it.” But for the 4,700 inmates at the facilities in the Castaic jail complex — all of which were in an evacuation zone by midafternoon — that would be impossible.

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.

Thousands of Southern California residents were under evacuation orders Wednesday as fire crews battled the out-of-control Hughes Fire near the town of Castaic, a suburb in the foothills and mountains ...

Northlake Hills Elementary in Castaic was evacuated to the Aquatic Center and Castaic Sports Complex in Castaic, which are both located in the 31000 block of Castaic Road. Meanwhile, Castaic ...

The Castaic jail complex housed some 4,700 people as of late last year. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) ...