Firefighters are working to contain a grass fire that has burned dozens of acres on the southern end of El Dorado County on Wednesday. Cal Fire's incidents webpage shows the Coyote Fire has burned about 60 acres in the Coyoteville area, about 21 miles southeast of Placerville.

The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning beginning Thursday morning for Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles counties as high heat and monsoonal moisture bring an increased risk of fire starts and extreme wildfire behavior. The warning will be in place until Saturday and may be extended.

Plaintiff attorneys want judge to fast-track litigation focused on impact of potential toxins on children from the massive wildfire.

Temperatures are expected to reach triple digits in parts of the Inland Empire on Wednesday, parts of L.A. and Orange counties by Thursday

Southern California is bracing for the most intense heatwave of the ... 23 due to “an unseasonably hot and unstable air mass capable of producing explosive fire behavior,” the NWS Los Angeles said. A fire weather watch will go in effect the morning ...