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LOS ANGELES >> A rapidly growing wildfire straddling the Ventura-Los Angeles county line Thursday afternoon triggered evacuations in and around Piru and Castaic amid a major heat wave that officials ...
Temperatures in the area are near 100 degrees and humidity as low as 15 percent. The southern part of California has seen very little rain, drying out vegetation and making it "ripe to burn," the ...
The Canyon Fire, which began on Thursday afternoon, has blazed through nearly 5,000 acres in less than 24 hours.
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Brush fire reported in Simi Valley

Ventura County firefighters rushed to a brush fire in Simi Valley Friday afternoon amid the 90-degree weather.
Firefighters have reached 28% containment on the 5,370-acre Canyon fire, allowing thousands of L.A. County residents to return to their homes Friday evening.
The Canyon Fire, which has torched about 5,370 acres around the border between Ventura and Los Angeles counties, is close to complete containment after firefighters made significant progress on the ...
Canyon Fire initially started 1:25 p.m. Aug. 7 in Los Angeles, Ventura County, California. Since its discovery four days ago, it has burned 5,370 acres. A fire crew of 960 has been working on site and ...
The giant, remote-controlled vehicle – somewhere between a tractor trailer, a tank and a Zamboni in appearance – slowly ...
Two senators have begun an investigation into whether government officials could have done more to stop the Los Angeles fire.
Austin Turner is a web producer at CBS News Los Angeles. An Inland Empire native, Austin earned a degree in journalism from San Jose State University in 2020. Before joining CBS News in 2025, he ...