Jose Antonio Meza-Capoeman of San Diego was arrested and booked into the Shasta County Jail after an officer with the California Highway Patrol discovered narcotics inside of the vehicle

Firefighters were called Saturday to an open space rescue off Sorrento Valley Boulevard and an accident on Interstate 5. Our free newsletter is delivered at 8 a.m. daily. Enter address:

Strong winds forced the closure of Interstate 8 at East Willows Road from Alpine to Ocotillo for much of the day Thursday to high profile vehicles.

Firefighters continue to battle multiple blazes in Southern California while President Trump is set to visit Los Angeles to tour wildfire damage.

A red flag warning for critical fire danger, due to strong winds and low humidity, will remain in effect until 6 p.m. Wednesday for the County mountains and inland valleys.

Days after a winter storm dropped ice and record-breaking snow, cleanup efforts were underway Thursday in several major Southern cities such as New Orleans, where crews were removing snow the same

GILMAN FIRE UPDATE: Forward progress has been stopped. 3 acres burned. 175 firefighters at this incident today. Evacuation orders have been lifted. Roads remain closed as crews will mop up hot stops for the next few hours. We thank everyone for their patience. pic.twitter.com/7gfoWgXtYb

The fire — which erupted near Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County, north of Santa Clarita, late Wednesday morning — has grown to over 10,000 acres.

Two new fires have been reported in the San Diego area with evacuations were ordered after one erupted near densely populated neighbourhoods not far from the UC San Diego School of Medicine campus.

The Hughes, Sepulveda and Laguna fires are among the latest blazes for Southern California during a fourth consecutive day of red flag fire weather warnings.

Coverage of when the Hughes fire exploded north of Castaic, the areas under evacuation orders and an extended red flag warning.