At least five wildfires are ravaging Southern California, and the three largest have already killed at least five people, ...

The stiff Santa Ana winds that stoked a short-lived but dangerous wildfire Monday in Poway were expected to be flat-out wicked before dawn Tuesday in San Diego’s backcountry, where something as minor ...

Answer: The Santa Ana winds have everything to do with weather. It starts with a high-pressure area over the Great Basin.

Extreme fire weather returns to Southern California - particularly Los Angeles and Ventura counties - as winds of up to 100 mph have prompted the most urgent warning from the National Weather Service.

The Los Angeles haven’t spread in nearly a week, but the return of the Santa Ana winds to full strength could cause problems.

As the wind flows over the Sierra Nevada and Santa Ana mountains, it drops from high elevation to sea level. The sinking air becomes compressed and heats up, and its relative humidity drops.

After a brief break on Sunday afternoon, another prolonged round of gusty Santa Ana winds is expected to develop, forecasters say. By Nazaneen Ghaffar Nazaneen Ghaffar is a reporter on The Times ...

Powerful Santa Ana winds, near hurricane strength at times, swept down the mountains outside Los Angeles and pushed wildfires into several neighborhoods starting Jan. 7, 2025. Well over 1,000 ...

and 64 in Deer Canyon in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains in northeastern Orange County. Last week, Santa Ana wind gusts reached hurricane strength at times before calming in the last few ...

Santa Ana winds, one of the nation's most notorious ... Santa Anas then blow over the mountains between the deserts and coastal California. As the wind comes down the mountains, it's compressed ...

Santa Ana winds occur when air flows west from a region ... As that cool interior air flows over and through mountain passes, it accelerates, sinks and compresses. Unable to view our graphics?

The winds fueling fires in Southern California are beginning to relax, but the forecast calls for their return next week.