Topography matters, too — treeless mountain peaks are typically windier without those trees, or buildings, to slow the winds.

Firefighters braced for high winds, with the National Weather Service of LA issuing its most serious advisory, “Particularly ...

With the strongest gusts expected on Tuesday, extreme fire condition threats will prevail until midweek, L.A.-area fire ...

Katabatic winds? Adiabatic compression? Time for a thermodynamics lesson! The record lack of rain has also made this Santa Ana event different.

Death toll climbs to 24 as firefighters race against intensifying Santa Ana winds - Palisades and Eaton fires continue to ...

Extreme fire weather returns to Southern California - particularly Los Angeles and Ventura counties - as winds of up to 100 ...

The Aztecs head to New Mexico for their third true road game of the season but the first, notably, in altitude for almost the ...

This is a developing story. For the latest local updates head to LAist.com and sign up for breaking news alerts. The intense and fast-moving fires that have cut a path of destruction through the ...

The California Office of Emergency Services says 150,000 people in Los Angeles County are under evacuation orders.

Fanned by strong winds, the wildfires have killed at least 24 people and swept through 40,000 acres in the Greater Los ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Windy and dry conditions returned to Southern California on Monday, raising the risk of new wildfires sparking ... humidity and damaging Santa Ana winds.

The Santa Ana winds have the potential to create life-threatening weather conditions. They can lift embers from an existing fire into an unburned area, where they may ignite a new fire ...