California was swept by a new fire–the Maria Fire–around the Somis and Santa Paula areas of Ventura County on Thursday. As of 11 p.m. (local time) Thursday, the rapidly expanding blaze was ...

The Maria Fire broke out around 6:13 p.m. Thursday at the top of South Mountain and rapidly expanded. The Maria Fire started on South Mountain north of Somis and south of Santa Paula. It spread ...

Editor's note: We're ending coverage on this blog with our final entries Friday evening, Nov. 8. We will continue to cover the Mountain Fire at vcstar.com. A wildfire started in the Somis area on ...

The map allows you to view the current fire perimeter, evacuation zones and the region’s topography. As of Friday morning, the fire was estimated at 20,576 acres and 7% contained. At least […] ...

The request was sent when the fire threatened 3,500 homes in the communities of Somis, Camarillo and Saticoy, which officials said have a combined population of 30,000.

Some 25 million people are under a 'life-threatening' fire warning after a fast-moving California wildfire ripped through communities, sending millionaire mansions up in flames. More than 10,000 ...

Somis couple recounts harrowing escape from Mountain Fire 03:33. Families continue to return to the remnants of their homes ravaged by the Mountain Fire in Ventura County, including one Somis ...

Somis, a rural community in Ventura County, was used to close calls. This was different. My mother-in-law was lucky; some neighbors weren't.

Crews on Sunday continued battling a wind-driven brush fire that scorched 2,700 acres in Ventura County, and their progress allowed for some evacuation orders to be lifted.