No emergency outages after Santa Ana winds prompted Southern California fire danger warnings Friends gather for a touch football game on a windy day at the Ralph M. Lewis Sports Complex in Fontana.

Santa Ana winds are common in Southern California during cooler months. Here’s a look at the often-fierce winds that topple power lines and trees and can turn a spark into a raging wildfire.

Santa Ana winds are common in Southern California during cooler months. Here’s a look at the often-fierce winds that topple power lines and trees and can turn a spark into a raging wildfire.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Gusty Santa Ana winds were buffeting Southern California on Sunday, reaching as high as 69 mph in the Santa Clarita Valley. A wind advisory was in effect until noon Monday in ...

In the Santa Monica Mountains and the Santa Clarita and western San Fernando valleys, a high-wind warning will be in effect until 3 p.m. Monday where northeast winds of 30 to 45 mph with gusts up ...

Gusty winds and low humidities are expected to return to Southern California this week, prompting officials to raise fire warning levels. “The Santa Ana conditions will start setting up tomorrow ...

What causes the Santa Ana winds? The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region sees about 10 Santa Ana wind events a year on ...

Santa Ana winds usually bring the lowest relative humidity of the year to Southern California. In his 1938 story, “Red Wind,” Raymond Chandler describes them this way: “There was a desert ...

California’s Santa Ana, Diablo, and other powerful offshore winds are back, ratcheting up the fire risk in a state that has been consumed by fire for weeks. That’s not a surprise.

Normally, that makes for warm, dry Santa Anas that can be reach 40–60 mph, with gusts exceeding 70 mph. ️ The Santa Ana winds: A cultural and destructive force in Southern California ...