Coverage of the Hughes, Sepulveda and Laguna fires in Southern California during a fourth consecutive day of red flag fire weather warnings.

Southern California is expected to see its first rain of the winter this weekend, but it will have to get through a couple more days of windy fire weather first. The National Weather Service

The Clay Fire was one of several fires that broke out in Southern California Tuesday as parts of the region sees red flag warnings through Thursday.

A red flag warning has been issued for the Inland Empire and some cities in the Coachella Valley as strong gusty winds and low humidity are expected early next week. The warning is in effect from 10 a.

As of Friday morning, there are nine active wildfires burning in California and a red flag warning remains in place.

The weekend’s rainfall will not be a very powerful storm, but rather showers, bringing between one quarter to a half inch of rain across Orange County and the inland region, Tardy said. Los Angeles is only expecting one-tenth of an inch, meteorologist Lisa Phillips said.

Elsewhere in Southern California ... San Bernardino and Riverside counties are under the high wind warning, which is less severe than a red flag warning.

The fires come as San Diego County mountains and valleys, along with other parts of Southern California, remain under a red flag warning.

Winds early this week are expected to reach 25 mph in most of the Coachella Valley, but be much stronger to the west.

On Sunday at 3:24 p.m. an updated red flag warning was issued by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA valid from Monday 8 a.m. until Tuesday 2 p.m. The warning is for Palos Verdes Hills, Western Antelope ...

Forecasters in Southern California expect to issue a 'particularly dangerous situation' red flag warning for the coming week as the Santa Ana wind forecast worsens.

Firefighters continue to battle multiple fires that broke out this month, destroying more than 16,000 structures and leaving at least 28 dead.