A fast-moving wildfire near the Ventura and Los Angeles county line spread to over 1,500 acres on Aug. 7, triggering evacuations in the area.

Not quite as hot Friday, but still 5 to 10 degrees warmer than normal away from the coast. Greater cooling this weekend and next week.

Two uncontained wildfires have charred thousands of acres and reached within a mile of the Western Slope town of Meeker, ...