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SIMI VALLEY (CBSLA) – Firefighters Thursday gained ground on the wind-driven Easy Fire which erupted in Simi Valley early Wednesday morning near the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and then spread ...

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. -- All mandatory evacuation orders were lifted Thursday for a vegetation fire that sent thousands fleeing and burned nearly up to the walls of the Ronald Reagan Presidential ...

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. -- A fast-moving vegetation fire erupted on the hillsides above Simi Valley on Wednesday morning amid extreme red-flag conditions, prompting evacuation orders and school closures ...

Melinda Carmichael leaned into the wind, a garden hose in her hands and a bandana tied around her face as Santa Ana winds blasted through her family’s Tierra Rejada ranch. It was early Oct. 30 and a ...