The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA released a red flag warning at 9:17 a.m. on Wednesday in effect until 6 p.m. The warning is for Southeastern Ventura County Valleys, Santa Susana Mountains and Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor.

Millions in Southern California are facing extremely warm temperatures in the upper 90s this week amid a late October heat wave.

Prince William recently reflected on the devastation of the wildfires in California, after which his estranged brother, Prince Harry, helped aid survivors.

State leaders have long understood Northern California's wildfire crisis and are investing resources to solve it. But in Southern California, the problem is more confounding.

Southern California Edison said on Wednesday it would pay several million dollars each to families who lost loved ones in the January wildfires that scorched 14,000 acres in greater Los Angeles and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses.

The utility whose equipment has been linked to the devastating Eaton fire in January is offering to pay fire survivors. But if they accept, they would be giving up their right to sue.

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Officials are flagging that La Niña conditions, generally a driver of drier conditions for Southern California, are expected through winter, but what it means to a resident may be less about its immediate impact and more about what could follow, such as heightened wildfire threats.