Scattered thunderstorms and showers Saturday knocked out power for thousands, closed Los Angeles County beaches and put a damper on the North fire in the Cajon Pass.
By Saturday afternoon, the 3,500-acre wildfire that had shut down Interstate 15 on Friday and sent motorists fleeing on foot had been stopped in its tracks by moisture streaming north from a tropical storm off Baja California. The fire is 45% contained.
“It’s just creeping around now,” said U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Carol Underhill. “It definitely stopped its big movement.”
Burning in chaparral and grass and fanned by high winds, the blaze jumped into the southbound lanes of the busy freeway Friday afternoon.