A fast-growing brush fire is forcing thousands of people to evacuate in a mountainous area north of Los Angeles.

It’s just one of multiple fires burning in California, including the largest blaze so far this year, the Gifford Fire. The Canyon Fire, which ignited in a canyon area southeast of Lake ...

The fire is burning just south of Lake Piru, a reservoir in the Los Padres National Forest. It is close by Lake Castaic, a popular recreation area burned by the Hughes Fire in January. That fire ...