Much of the Los Angeles area was under a red flag warning of critical fire danger since Monday, but the warning was finally allowed to expire at 10 a.m. Friday as a cooler weather pattern moved in ...

"A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly," the NWS said.

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