The Latest: Brush fire breaks out in Los Angeles
(World News USA)

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) - The Latest on Southern California wildfires (all times local): 6:52 a.m. Mandatory evacuations have been ordered in an exclusive ridge-top neighborhood in Los Angeles as a dangerous new wildfire burns in Southern California. The fire erupted before dawn Wednesday on the east side of Sepulveda Pass, which carries heavily traveled Interstate 405 through the Santa Monica Mountains on the city`s western side. Helicopters are making water drops and more than 200 firefighters are battling flames close to homes. In addition to the mandatory evacuations, Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart says a wider area on the east side of the pass has been advised to...