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 wildfires ...

The recent Eaton and Palisades wildfires in Los Angeles County have refocused the public’s attention on the recurrent nature ...

The fires became uncontrollable when Santa Ana winds — common for the winter ... with gusts touching 100 mph higher in the mountains. The Southern California fires remind Swain of the Camp Fire, which ...

Crews are using a break in the Santa Ana winds to make headway on the devastating ... the second such large illegal incident in Southern California this week. Sandra Mitchell reports March 13 ...

Adapted to the boom-and-bust flood cycles of Southern California's rivers, the Santa Ana sucker now finds itself smack in the middle of one of the most urbanized places in North America. With its ...