Evacuations are in effect for the California State University, Channel Islands campus after a wildfire sparked Thursday morning in Southern California.

The Laguna fire, one of the latest major blazes to strike Southern California, prompted new evacuation warnings in Ventura County on Thursday. A series of fast-moving fires, often aided by heavy winds,

A storm is brewing and will deliver much-needed soaking rain to wildfire-ravaged Southern California, snow to the mountainsand rain and snow to many areas in the southwestern United States, AccuWeather meteorologists say.

Much of Southern California will see its first raindrops of the winter this weekend. It’s a welcome change, as an unusually dry winter has brought an active and destructive fire season throughout the region.