An ex-con suspected of fatally stabbing her wife, a veteran Riverside County Fire Department captain, at their home and then fleeing to Mexico -- where she was apprehended over the weekend -- is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday.

Yolanda Marodi, 53, who is also known as Yolanda Olejniczak, was taken into custody following a joint effort by Mexican and US authorities.

Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, Huntington Beach and Laguna Hills.

More than 800,000 acres of land across these SoCal counties have been classified under the highest fire hazard severity zone level.

More than 3.5 million additional acres across Southern California, including Los Angeles County, have been designated as fire hazard zones under updated maps released on Monday by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).