California Rep. Adam Schiff clobbered his Republican opponent, former MLB star Steve Garvey, in the pair’s head-to-head race to become the state’s next U.S. senator. The race was called in the first minute after polls closed.

California voters were deciding between Democrat Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey in the race to replace the late Dianne Feinstein in the U.S. Senate.

Several Southern California counties are under "extremely critical" wildfire warnings as warm, dry temperatures and strong winds create volatile fire conditions. On Wednesday, the National Weather Service issued a rare red flag warning for Los Angeles and Ventura Counties alerting of an "extreme fire risk" from Malibu into the San Gabriel Mountains,