County authorities reported more than 120 outdoor fires last month – at least double that of any other January in the past ...

Santa Ana winds are a geographically specific type of wind that occur in Southern California known as katabatic winds. They are cold, dry, down-sloping winds that warm as they descend a mountain side.

Just a month after fierce Santa Ana winds propelled a firestorm across Los Angeles County, residents faced another extreme ...

Now entirely contained, the Los Angeles County fires should not be allowed to fade into the history books, chalked up to yet ...

The biggest storm of the winter walloped Southern California on Thursday, but by Friday morning conditions were improving as ...

They also made the blazes fit a pattern. Fires driven by Santa Ana winds, the infamous gusts that howl in over the mountains to the city’s north, account for about 90 percent of the area burned ...

In extreme conditions, no amount of brush clearance can guarantee protection. Indeed, too much clearing can in fact leave ...

Back-to-back atmospheric river storms are set to hit Los Angeles County this week — giving the region much-needed moisture ...

Elevated fire threat is accompanying the return of Santa Ana winds that are taking aim for Southern California at the beginning of the week. While the Southland’s weather conditions have been ...

WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AS ANOTHER SANTA ANA PATTERN DEVELOPS. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND PEAK OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

Jon Keeley, University of California, Los Angeles (THE CONVERSATION) Powerful Santa Ana winds, with gusts reaching hurricane strength, swept down the mountains outside Los Angeles and spread ...