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 ...

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 ...

The intense and fast-moving fires that have cut a path of destruction through the suburbs of Los Angeles, killing at least two people, are being driven by the region's powerful Santa Ana winds ...

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, ...

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.

AND WE’RE SEEING WIND GUSTS ANYWHERE FROM 25MPH IN LOS ANGELES, UP TO 56MPH AND HIDDEN HILLS. AND THAT’S THE VANOISE AIRPORT. ... How long to expect strong Santa Ana winds?

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 ...