Scientists aboard a research vessel near Los Angeles collected ash, air and water samples as fire blazed on the hills before them in January.

Mainly clear skies with some sunshine by daybreak Monday. Elevated fire danger exists Monday afternoon as relative humidity stays around 40% with stronger southerly winds, gusting to 30 mph.

An upper-level system will move into the area Monday dropping high temperatures into the 60's. It could also bring a few isolated thunderstorms and rain showers in the early morning hours with the ...