If you need to evacuate horses from Acton, you can take them to Leona Valley: At Small Town Hardware in Leona Valley (14 Freeway East to Palmdale Blvd.go Left 12 miles) they have a list of available places where you can temporarily board your horse. Ask for Janis, Dave, or Julie!

A new fire broke out in the Acton area off of Crown Valley Road.  The fire has spread to 200 acres.  Over 100 fire fighters are on site.  Aliso Road is under mandatory evacuation.

Fire is estimated to be 100% contained by 6:00pm Wednesday evening.

UPDATE: Sand Canyon is completely open from the 14 Fwy.  Placertia Canyon Road is also open and there are no further closures in the Foothil fire area. American Red Cross Emergency Evacuation Center will remain operational at College of the Canyons, in the lower P.E. building, adjacent to the baseball field, as long as people are evacuated.

The Foothill Fire remained calm Monday night as firefighters held their lines in Sand Canyon.  On the other side of the fire, the terrain in Sylmar is proving difficult.  Good news coming out of this morning’s briefing is that Placerita Canyon may open up tonight to residents, however downed power lines need to get cleaned up and taken care of ...

6,000+ acres burned. 45% containment.

As of 8:30 PM, MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS for residents living in Sand Canyon and Placerita Canyon.  Sand Canyon is due to reopen at 9:00pm to residents only with picture ID between the14 Fwy and Placerita Canyon Road, according to the Forest Service. The Fair Oaks area is still under voluntary evacuation orders; however, a picture ID is required for residents to ...

You can send us photos that you have taken of the fire and those who are battling to extinguish it.  Email them to [email protected] and we will post them in this photo gallery. At the LA County Fire Command Center, located in the College of the Canyons parking lot, a few of the 1,800 crew members fighting the Foothill fire assemble ...

As of 6:40 PM, MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS for residents living in Sand Canyon and Placerita Canyon.  This mandatory evacuation will be in effect probably until late Tuesday afternoon, according to LA County fire officals. The Fair Oaks area is now under voluntary evacuation orders; however, a picture ID is required for residents to get in. The fire in the ...

We are encouraging parents to have their kids express their feelings about the fire through art, letters, poems, etc.  Please drop them by the station or e-mail scanned or typed work to [email protected]. We also have a large banner for residents and children to sign to show their appreciation of the hard work these teams of fire fighters and support ...