OK Erin,
As you live in California, zone 9 remove anything that is dead or dying. Now trim the whole plant back by one third. Plant it deeper in the garden than it is in the pot, approx. 3 ins deeper. Give the soil around it a feed, fish emulsion is ok, Keep the soil damp for the first few weeks so that the roots get established in the soil - Kath:)

Also suggest that you put a cutting into water to form roots and a spare plant.

If it came to you with a peaty-type potting mix, recommend that you scrape it off and repot or plant out with a regular mix, especially if you get autumn rains. It could keep things too wet and slow down the production of new roots (or rot them off.) And if it dries out for any reason it's VERY hard to rewet in a garden situation.

Fuchsias tend to bounce back after drought, dropping leaves to survive, and dying back at the tips. You're likely to get another small flush of flowers before winter.

Thanks to the great advice it already looks better! It has filled in and has a few flowers on it and new buds of flowers to come.

Sincerely,
Erin---