Monday late afternoon 10/22

If you follow the weather and if you are reading this you probably do...so you know about the extreme wildfires in southern California. at last report, almost 500,000 people have been evacuated and the number is growing. I will have two things here for you. First, this update from the National Fire News......

California	Fires: 11	Acres: 90,679	New fires: 11	Fires contained: 0
NEW Roca (Riverside County, California Department of Forestry): 269 acres at 20 percent contained. This fire is near Aguanga, east of Temecula.The Jojoba Hills Resort and Rancho California RV Park are threatened with the mandatory evacuation of 700 residences. Information: Call (951) 940-6985.
NEW Sedgewick (Los Padres National Forest): 710 acres at 50 percent contained. This fire is eight miles northeast of Los Olivos. Two hundred residents in the Woodstock area are under an evacuation warning, and 250 homes in the Brinkerhoff Road area are threatened.
NEW Ranch (Angeles National Forest): 29,000 acres at 10 percent contained. This fire is seven miles north of Castaic. Currently evacuations are in effect in the Hasley Canyon, Oak Springs, Val Verde and Piru area. State Highway 126, petroleum fields, a condor sanctuary and the Sespe Wilderness are threatened. Information: Call 626-821-6700 or visit the web site.
NEW Canyon (Los Angeles County): 2,400 acres at 10 percent contained. This fire is two miles north of Milibu. Mandatory evacuations were implemented in Monte Nido, Malibu Colony, Malibu Road, Sweetwater Canyon, Puerco Canyon, Carbon Canyon, Carbon Mesa, Rambla Pacifica, Big Rock and Topanga Canyon tactical zone 8. Several roads in the area are closed.
NEW Buckweed (Los Angeles County): 20,000 acres at zero percent contained. This fire is 14 miles west of Palmdale. Communities of Santa Clarita, Castaic, Leona Valley, Green Valley, Acton, Agua Dulce, Mint Canyon are threatened.
NEW Coronado Hills (San Diego County): 300 acres at zero percent contained. This fire is two miles south of San Marcos. The communities of Discovery Hills, Coronado Hills and San Elijo Hills are threatened.
NEW Witch (San Diego County): 10,000 acres at zero percent contained. This fire is one mile east of Ramona. The community of Ramona under evacuation. Hwy 78 is closed from Ramona to Santa Ysabel, Wildcat Canyon is closed, and Hwy 67 is closed from Poway Rd to Ramona. Information: Call(619) 590-3160.
NEW Harris (San Diego County): 20,000 acres at zero percent contained. This fire is two miles southeast of Potrero. Strong winds are hampering suppression efforts. Fire is burning around the Potrero CalFire station and structure protection is in place. Information: Call (619) 590-3160
NEW Santiago (Orange County): 7,500 acres at 30 percent contained. This fire is 12 miles east of Santa Ana. Several communities along the Santa Ana Canyon corridor are threatened. Strong winds with gusts of up to 73 miles per hour were reported. Hwy 241 is closed from Santiago Canyon to Hwy 133. Information: Call 714-573-6200.
NEW Grass Valley (San Bernardino National Forest): 100 acres at an unknown percent contained. This fire is north of Lake Arrowhead. Mandatory evacuations are in effect for the entire Deer Lodge Park area, and all streets north of Brentwood in the Trinity Area. Information: Call 909-838-5688 or visit the web site.
NEW McCoy (Cleveland National Forest): 400 acres at five percent contained. This fire is four miles southwest of Julian.

The second thing is links to Los Angeles and San Diego media outlets... depending on what time you check this, many have live streaming of the fire coverage.

KNBC-TV... click here   "SoCal crews respond to fire after fire"

KCBS-TV...click  here   "Wind driven fires sweep across Southland"

KABC-TV... click  here  "Firefighters battle out of control wildfire"

KTTV.... click  here   "Wildfires rage..."

KTLA.... click  here  "Dozens of homes destroyed"

Los Angeles Daily News.... click here   "Thousands lose power dut to winds and fire"

Los Angeles Times... click here   "Southland wildfires rage into second day"   

From San Diego where evacuations now top 250,000. KNSD-TV..... click  here   "250,000 ordered to flee approaching fires"

KFMB-TV.... click  here  "Emergency officials are reminding residnets to limit cell phone use"

KGTV.... click  here   "Evacuations largest in area's history"