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 Castaic Union School District announced it would close all its campuses Thursday due to the Hughes Fire burning in the area. The district oversees three elementary schools, two middle schools ...

The blaze was reported just after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22 in the area of Lake Hughes Road near the 5 Freeway, according to Cal Fire.

The fire threat remains critical in Southern California, where thousands of residents were under evacuation orders Wednesday ...

Students from Castaic Middle School and Castaic Elementary School were evacuated to a Ralphs parking lot at Hasley Canyon to wait for their parents, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Castaic Elementary School and Castaic Middle School. Other schools closed out of caution, though they were not under evacuation orders. Manny Trujillo watched the fire spread into a dry riverbed ...

Castaic Elementary School, and Castaic Middle School. Plumes of smoke rise as the Hughes Fire burns in Castaic, Calf., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. AP Photo/Ethan Swope The College of the Canyons ...

Students at Castaic Middle School and Castaic Elementary school have been evacuated to the Ralph's parking lot located at Hasley Canyon, Cal Fire says, advising parents to respond there.