The Hughes Fire near Castaic, California, has burned over 5,000 acres, prompting evacuations and school closures.

A rare Particularly Dangerous Situation warning has been issued for Southern California as a powerful and potentially damaging Santa Ana wind event​ is expected.

The Los Angeles haven’t spread in nearly a week, but the return of the Santa Ana winds to full strength could cause problems.

A wind-driven wildfire charred dozens of acres in the sparsely developed northeastern reaches of San Diego County, damaging structures and forcing pre-dawn evacuations before crews could gain the upper hand on the flames Wednesday.

The theft happened in the predawn hours Friday in the 9500 block of Milliken Avenue, near Fourth Street, in Rancho Cucamonga

Meteorologists said there was a chance the winds would be as severe as those that fueled the Palisades and Eaton fires, but that different locations would likely be affected.

With the strongest gusts expected on Tuesday, extreme fire condition threats will prevail until midweek, L.A.-area fire chiefs say.

The evacuation area for the Border 2 fire stretches east to state Route 94 and west to Lower Otay Lake, warnings issued for southwest side of lake.

Donald Trump and Gavin Newsom put on a united front on the tarmac of Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, as the president arrived in California for a visit to survey the devastation caused by the wildfires.

While emergency crews battled a brushfire in the Otay Wilderness Area, high wind conditions in other parts of San Diego County improved enough Friday so that San Diego Gas & Electric crews restored power to practically all customers who started the day without electricity.

Overnight, as many as 20,000 customers living primarily in rural and backcountry communities east of Interstate 15 had their lights turned out as a precautionary measure to reduce the risk of fierce Santa Ana winds knocking overhead power lines down and possibly igniting a wildfire.