The highest gusts, up to 70 mph, are forecast for the northern San Fernando Valley and eastern Ventura County.
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – The Palisades Fire, the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history, edged closer to one of the city’s major population centers on Friday: the San Fernando Valley ... areas of Santa Monica, Malibu, and Topanga.
The fire in Pacific Palisades and Malibu topped 21,300 acres on Friday evening, encroaching into the San Fernando Valley and prompting residents of Encino and other communities to flee the area.
On Wednesday at 9:54 p.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a wind advisory valid from 10 p.m. until Friday 2 p.m. The advisory is for Malibu Coast, Calabasas and Agoura Hills, Western San Fernando Valley,
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The National Weather Service warned: "Unfortunately, dangerous fire weather conditions look to continue through at least mid-week."
Gusts of up to 70 mph are possible along the coast and valleys, and in the mountains, up to 100 mph, the National Weather Service said. Parts of L.A. County, and most of Ventura County, are at highest risk.
The new alert is an unprecedented fifth issuance of a “particularly dangerous situation” enhancement to a red flag warning in a single season by the weather service’s Oxnard office, which covers Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.
Updating maps of Southern California show where wildfires, including the Palisades and Eaton fires, are burning across Los Angeles.
In 1955, the Ventu Park wildfire tore through the canyons above Malibu, burning nearly 14,000 acres and eight homes. The same area saw two large fires burn hillsides and homes