Two wildfires ignited early Tuesday in San Diego, California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. The Lilac Fire had burned about 20 acres at a moderate rate of speed and was zero percent contained, Cal Fire’s San Diego department said in a statement posted on social media.

With powerful winds sweeping through Southern California again, top Los Angeles officials said they were prepared to handle yet another period of extreme fire danger in the city. Chief Kristin Crowley of the Los Angeles Fire Department acknowledged at a news conference on Monday that vegetation in the region,