The fire threat remains critical in Southern California, where thousands of residents were under evacuation orders Wednesday as fire crews battled the out-of-control Hughes Fire near Castaic, a suburb in the foothills and mountains of northern Los Angeles County.

Reconstructing fire-ravaged neighborhoods in their former image could make residents sitting ducks for future blazes, experts say.

Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day . President Donald Trump is dispatching around 1,500 troops to the US-Mexico border to follow through on a promise to crack down on illegal immigration.

Lawmakers in Huntington Beach, California, voted Tuesday to become a "non-sanctuary" city in defiance of the state's sanctuary state law.

An unevidenced claim that Russia has offered support to the California wildfires response was read by millions of people online.

Prices are now 1.5% off their all-time high in July, but some economists say prospective home buyers and sellers shouldn’t expect home values to plunge — one reason behind the shift is the market typically slows in the fall and winter and prices are still above where they were a year ago.

Newsweek found properties that jacked up their prices during the California wildfires raising concerns of potential price gouging.

Following arrests of alleged firefighter impersonators, officials say two more people have been taken into custody for using fake passes to unlawfully enter a fire evacuation zone.

Offramps along Interstate 5, a major north-south artery, were closed as flames raced along hilltops and down into rugged canyons.

In his first days in office, President Donald Trump signed executive orders that sent many federal employees reeling: looming layoffs, a freeze on federal hiring and and new back-to-office expectations for many remote workers.