A storm could dump significant rain and snow on portions of California, bringing damaging winds and flash floods to parts of Southern California.

When fall rolls around in Southern California, bone-dry conditions set the stage for massive wildfires, and the Santa Ana winds are the fuel that fans the flames. Easterly winds bring dry air from the desert that is then forced down over the San Gabriel ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jon Keeley, University of California, Los Angeles (THE CONVERSATION) Powerful Santa Ana winds, with gusts reaching hurricane strength, swept ...

The deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County started after a fire that began days earlier was re-ignited by a Santa Ana windstorm.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 Anas are dry, warm and gusty ...

San Diego anticipates rain, wind, and cooler temperatures as a low pressure system arrives, with heaviest rain in surrounding mountains.

Answer: The Santa Ana winds have everything to do with weather. It starts with a high-pressure area over the Great Basin. That’s a huge area, spanning much of Nevada, Utah and parts of California, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, and Baja California. That’s dry ...

An after-action report on the Palisades Fire was released Wednesday by the Los Angeles Fire Department nine months after the start of the ninth-deadliest wildfire on record in California. The report detailing the fire,

Back-to-back atmospheric river storms began to hit Los Angeles County Tuesday night — giving the region much-needed moisture ahead of another potential round of Santa Ana winds. Forecasters were optimistic that the rain would, primarily, be beneficial ...