In November, double-murder defendant Tony Garcia, 70, died in custody after being severely injured in county jail in April.

Ventura County authorities downgraded an evacuation order and lifted several warnings Thursday for areas in and around the town of Piru as a wildfire burning near Castaic Lake topped 10,000 acres.

Officials announced Wednesday that an inmate of the Ventura County’s jail system died during a hospital stay in January. The ...