Strong wind gusts are blasting Los Angeles this week. Here’s what to know about Santa Ana winds and why it’s so windy.

On Sunday evening, with just hours until strong winds were expected to begin battering Los Angeles County, Caltrans District 7 officials announced that SR-27, also known as Topanga Canyon ...

Powerful Santa Ana winds are returning to the Los Angeles area this week, ... Winds in Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties could reach between 55 and 70 mph, ...

Editor's note: An updated Los Angeles wind forecast has been issued for Thursday, January 9. The ferocious Santa Ana winds that helped fuel the deadly, out-of-control wildfires around Los Angeles ...

MANCHESTER, N.H. — 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 ...

How was the Eaton fire of Southern California able to start and spread so easily in the winter month of January?

Santa Ana winds, one of the nation's most notorious wind events and an ongoing weather hazard in Southern California, have helped fuel the destructive wildfires in Los Angeles this week.

There may be no weather pattern more iconically associated with Los Angeles than the Santa Ana winds. One of the earliest written descriptions of the Santa Anas comes from the diary of Commodore ...

Since 1993, seven of the 10 worst fire years in California, ranked by total acres burned, have occurred after drier-than-normal winters. By contrast, eight of the state’s 10 mildest fire years ...