The most effective measures to prepare for wildfires, Villanueva said, is by creating a “defensible space” around homes. He ...

Santa Ana winds flow east to west through Southern California's mountains, according to the National Weather Service. They begin when winds from the desert flow westward toward an area of low ...

Southern California's risk will come after. One of the changes we could see this year is an earlier start of offshore Santa Ana winds by late August or early September.

Strong winds are fueling wildfires in California, with gusts reaching more than 50 mph early Wednesday.The winds, known as the Santa Ana winds, intensified Tuesday as fires broke out in at least ...

The warning, delivered at the county fire headquarters in East Los Angeles on Friday, serves as a stark reminder of how ...

The Santa Ana winds are expected to pick back up this week, after they fueled multiple deadly wildfires that caused ...

Gusty Santa Ana winds are forecast to come and go over southern California in the next several days, at times further exacerbating the deadly and devastating wildfires across the region.. The ...

Generally, wet winters lower wildfire risk and dry winters increase it. Northern California received much more rain and snow this winter than Southern California.

As California braces for another wildfire season, forestry experts warn that decades of regulatory mismanagement — not ...

A Santa Ana family was able to locate their father with the help of two California legislators after he was captured on video ...

The California wildfires have exposed the flaws in our environmental, prevention, and urban policies, showing how far we are from creating sustainable communities in the Golden State.

Powerful Santa Ana winds fueled the rapid spread of the blazes. Climate change has likely contributed to the unprecedented wildfires that are raging through Southern California. Five wildfires ...