LOS ANGELES – The heat and Santa Ana winds that pushed fire danger to extreme levels over the weekend are about to break.
Rain is expected across the Southland on Wednesday and Thursday, with a slight chance of thunderstorms, after a weekend of hot, dry and windy weather. Firefighters battled a brush fire in Malibu and another near San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano as a red-flag warning for extreme fire danger remained in effect. The warning expired Saturday evening.
The reversal follows Santa Ana winds, near-100-degree heat and low humidity that brought dangerous conditions to the Malibu Coast, Santa Monica Mountains and much of Los Angeles County late last week…