San Luis Obispo

There’s an “increased risk of grass fires, with a potential for rapid spread due to gusty winds, hot temperatures and very low humidities” in places including the Grapevine section of Interstate 5, the Ventura County mountains, the Antelope Valley and foothills, the Santa Ynez mountains and foothills down to the Santa Barbara County south coast, and the San Luis Obispo County interior valleys.

On Wednesday, the mercury could hit 118 degrees in Palm Springs; 103 in Palmdale; 101 in San Bernardino; 100 in Santa Clarita, Woodland Hills, Ontario, Lake Elsinore and Paso Robles; 98 in Riverside; 92 in Temecula; 89 in Anaheim, Escondido and El Cajon; 87 in downtown Los Angeles; 83 in Irvine; 82 in San Luis Obispo; and 78 in Santa Barbara.

Areas of concern for fire weather include the Ventura County mountains; the Grapevine section of Interstate 5, which includes the Tejon Pass; the Antelope Valley and foothills; the Santa Ynez mountains and foothills down to Santa Barbara County’s south coast; and San Luis Obispo County’s interior valleys.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a press briefing Wednesday that 330 people had been arrested since Friday in the immigration sweeps in ICE’s Los Angeles Area of Responsibility, which stretches from San Luis Obispo to San Diego.

The end of the Cayucos Pier in San Luis Obispo County has been closed to the public since it was damaged in a February 2024 storm that took out several pilings and left 15 feet of decking and railing hanging over the water without supports.