brush fire threat

Containment of the Gifford Fire is up to 95% as of midday Tuesday. The latest mapping shows a slight reduction in the burned area to just over 131,000 acres.

All evacuation orders were lifted for the Canyon Fire over the weekend.

The Gifford Fire is at 15% containment as of Friday afternoon.

It topped the 80,000-acre Madre Fire on Tuesday with no containment in sight.

The January 23 Laguna Fire led to the evacuation of Cal State Channel Islands, but the campus was never directly threatened.

Ventura County is still in high fire season and hasn't dropped to winter preparedness levels yet.

Proposals aim to insure that water continues to flow even when there are power failures which affect water system pumping stations.

Blaze has charred 15+ acres on Round Mountain. Final number could be around 30 acres.

The Hughes Fire is northeast of Castaic Lake. It's pushing plumes of smoke into Ventura County.

Wind could hit 30-50 miles an hour for inland areas and 80+ mile an hour winds are possible for mountain areas.