Fire Watch

The Hughes Fire, Jan. 22, 2025. Habeba Mostafa/The Signal

Photo Gallery: Hughes Fire

For the main news story on the Hughes Fire, go to: signalscv.com/2025/01/firefighters-responding-to-smoke-showing-near-i-5-in-castaic.

Firefighters responded to a structure fire in Castaic on Castaic Road early Wednesday afternoon on Jan. 15, 2025. Habeba Mostafa/ The SIgnal

Firefighters handle structure fire in Castaic 

Firefighters with the L.A. County Fire Department handled a structure fire Wednesday afternoon at a shopping center near The Old Road in Castaic, according to officials.   Fire Department personnel were dispatched to the 31000

SCV Water discusses supply after narrow miss 

Responding to concerns circulating online, Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency officials said Monday the supply was not in any danger last week as firefighting efforts nearly surrounded the SCV, despite

Southern California Edison workers replace aging power lines on Ridge Route Road in Castaic on Thursday, 111722. Dan Watson/The Signal

Edison: Power could stay off until Thursday 

A wide swath of Southern California Edison customers from Piru to Sand Canyon remain without power due to another week of anticipated windstorms in the Santa Clarita Valley, weather officials

Fire agencies from multiple other jurisdictions have come to Southern California to help in the fight against this week's wildfires, including these fire crews from Nevada shown working on the Eaton Fire in the Altadena area on Friday. Photo courtesy of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

SoCal braces for second week of extreme winds 

By Samantha Flom Contributing Writer   Strong Santa Ana winds will continue to whip Southern California over the next few days, creating what the National Weather Service is calling a “particularly dangerous

Edison: Power could stay off until Thursday 

 A wide swath of Southern California Edison customers from Piru to Sand Canyon remain without power due to another week of anticipated windstorms in the Santa Clarita Valley, weather officials

Winds expected to pick up over weekend in SCV 

Winds anywhere from 30 to 40 mph were expected Saturday in the Santa Clarita Valley, weather officials said.  According to Robbie Munroe, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, those

L.A. County reels as fires still burn 

Leaders took pointed questions and officials urged residents to be vigilant about potential evacuation orders Thursday as L.A. County and the city of Los Angeles prepared for a third day

SCV escapes countywide devastation  

As brush fires burned more than 1,000 acres immediately surrounding the city of Santa Clarita, the evacuation orders for land just north of the Newhall Pass remained in place as