NEWHALL PASS FIRE JAMS TRAFFIC, IS EXTINGUISHED.Byline: Daily News NEWHALL -- A brush fire in the Newhall Pass Newhall Pass is a mountain pass in Los Angeles County, California, USA. Historically called San Fernando Pass and Fremont Pass, it separates the Santa Susana Mountains from the San Gabriel Mountains. was quickly extinguished Monday afternoon, but not before the sight of large flames and busy firefighters helped tie up traffic on two freeways. Traffic backed up on both the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley and Golden State freeways as firefighters battled grass burning beneath the tangle of overpasses at the junction of the two routes. The blaze broke out at 2:08 p.m., and was out within a half-hour. It burned just one acre, Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La officials said. Firefighters were on alert in the region under a fire weather watch issued by the National Weather Service. An earlier, more severe red-flag warning had been issued but was canceled. Nevertheless, winds whipped up to 31 mph in the pass and the temperature remained unseasonably warm, topping out at 87 degrees. Today will be much the same in the region -- hot, dry and windy with a high in Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, of 89 and winds up to 25 mph. Cooler weather is due Wednesday with partly cloudy Partly Cloudy is an industrial band based in Hollywood, California. Band members
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