The Santa Ana winds occur when there is high pressure to the east, in the Great Basin, and a low-pressure system off the coast. Air masses move from high pressure to low pressure, and the more extreme ...

Here's what experts say is turning Southern California's speedy wildfires into a deadly urban conflagration that is defying ...

The Santa Ana winds are driving these wildfires to spread even faster and are making it harder for firefighters to gain control. Here's what climate experts say about what they are observing.

On Tuesday, Los Angeles County caught fire. Driven by unusually strong Santa Ana winds, as my colleagues report, five fires ...

The Los Angeles wildfires triggered by dry ‘hurricane-like’ strong winds started on Tuesday and have killed five people so ...

The Eaton fire burning north of Pasadena, California, has damaged or destroyed between 200 and 500 structures, Pasadena Fire Chief Chad Augustin said at a news conference Wednesday afternoon.

Red flag warnings of critical fire danger will linger across much of the Southland for the rest of the work week, as Santa Ana winds slowly diminish but continue to blast the region at above-normal ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. — While the world watches thousands of acres of some of Los Angeles County’s most beautiful landscapes incinerate, a shocked nation ...

Southern California’s disaster again demonstrates that while wildfires were once mostly confined to rural timbered areas ...

Fierce wildfires continued to burn on Thursday in the Los Angeles area. Here's where the current blazes stand, and what to know as the winds lessen.

The Tyler fire in Riverside County - about 60 miles (97km) southeast of Los Angeles - is currently about 15 acres in size, ...

Flames rise from the Sunset Fire in the hills overlooking the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, US January 8 ...