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The Hughes fire has burned through 3,407 acres since it started late Wednesday morning, according to local officials.

The Hughes fire seen from Magic Mountain has started north of Castaic and has exploded to more than 5,000 acres in under two hours on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Castaic, California. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/TNS) (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

In early January, the soil moisture in much of Southern California was in the bottom 2% of historical records for that day in the region. That’s extremely low.

Dry vegetation helped fuel the fires that spread through the Los Angeles area, burning tens of thousands of acres.

While the end to the fire danger is not yet in sight, experts say the hazards that will remain in its wake will be severe.

Normal fire season is in late summer and fall because of the heat of the summer and dry vegetation. This is also when the Santa Ana winds pick up. Santa Ana winds can dry out grasses in a matter of minutes to a few hours.

Isabella Strahan, the daughter of "Good Morning America" co-anchor Michael Strahan, is sharing a health update six months after being declared cancer-free following a brain cancer diagnosis in October 2023.

Isabella Strahan is determined to make the most of life and thrive after surviving an aggressive form of brain cancer.

Good Morning America' co-anchor Michael Strahan opens up to PEOPLE about his daughter Isabella's aggressive brain cancer in an exclusive interview.

As his profile within the Trump administration has grown, Elon Musk has endorsed many ideas that, if enacted, could affect California. Musk has deep ties to the state where he grew his most successful businesses.

The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence in May 2015, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the upper mantle, did not include an aftershock that extended to record depths into the lower mantle,