Warning of ‘life-threatening’ winds and high fire risk for Southern California

Heavy smoke from a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades rises over the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, California, on Tuesday (Eugene Garcia/AP)

Firefighters scrambled to corral a fast-moving wildfire in the Los Angeles hillsides dotted with celebrity homes as a fierce windstorm his Southern California on Tuesday.

Officials said 30,000 residents were under evacuation orders and 13,000 structures were threatened by a wind-driven wildfire in the Los Angeles hillsides.