Los Angeles Area Fire Risk Climbs With High Winds, No Rain
This aerial view shows cleared residential lots, with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background, in Altadena, California on Aug. 21, 2025, just over six months after the Eaton Fire.
Photographer: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty ImagesSeveral Los Angeles suburbs are on alert for potential wildfires as the season’s first Santa Ana winds roll down from nearby mountains.
Red flag fire warnings are in effect through Wednesday evening for the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles and the suburbs of Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks in Ventura County. The warning zones are just north of where the deadly Eaton and Palisades fires burned in January.