The wind-driven Sandy Fire was reported Monday in the hills above Simi Valley, about 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
Parts of Texas continue to burn after high winds swept across the state Tuesday. Here's how local wildfire risk could increase over the next few weeks.
The windstorm moving through Texas knocked out power to more than 50,000 by early Tuesday afternoon. That number fell to just under 4,000 by Wednesday morning.
First responders have contained an active wildfire that burned a little over 100 acres in Matagorda County on Tuesday evening.
A woman died when a tree brought down possibly by strong winds crushed her car on Sunday evening.
A brush fire erupted amid powerful winds Wednesday afternoon in the Castaic area in the northern region of Los Angeles County, spreading quickly to 10,176 acres near the freeway, officials said.