A day earlier, the Ventura County Fire Department had shifted resources ... in and around the town of Piru as a wildfire burning near Castaic Lake topped 10,000 acres. Called the Hughes Fire ...

Local officials and county leaders provided an update on the Hughes Fire that exploded near Castaic on Wednesday, forcing tens of thousands of evacuations and impacting traffic on the 5 Freeway.

Fire Protection District will hold two public meetings May 13 and May 20 about the new Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps, ...

A new wildfire was reported 6:44 a.m. March 27 in Ventura County. Danielson Fire has been burning on state land for 28 hours.

The schools include North Lake Hills Elementary, Castaic Middle School ... The fire, called the Hughes Fire, has quickly grown to at least 3,400 acres with evacuation orders and warnings now ...

A 32-year-old Ventura County fire engineer died late last week after contracting cancer in the line of duty, officials announced. Thomas “Tommy” James Daniel Minadeo was diagnosed with job ...

VENTURA, Calif. – A fire at the historic residential Ventura ... helped Ventura, Ventura County and Oxnard crews keep the flames from spreading. Firefighters took part in a big late night ...

The updates are being released in four phases, and Monday's phase 3 update includes Ventura County. "This map, and the levels of fire hazard, really just match with the conditions our firefighters ...

Authorities have identified the man who died during the Olivas Fire near Ventura in January. Troy C. Rowland was 55, according to the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office, which described him ...

Ventura City Fire says it is first Southern California ... Ernesto Centeno Araujo covers breaking news for the Ventura County Star. He can be reached at [email protected].

After the March 10 release of the new Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps by the State Fire Marshal, local agencies have 120 days ...