Back-to-back atmospheric river storms are set to hit Los Angeles County this week — giving the region much-needed moisture ...

The ambitious project would add inflatable rubber dams to the Santa Ana River to essentially create a lake with standing ...

Santa Ana winds cause the temperature to increase and the relative humidity to plummet because of adiabatic warming. The wind speed also increases as the air squeezes through mountain passes and ...

Weekend rains could bring some relief to Southern California. Here's the forecast and an assessment of how much it will help ...

Crews are working Thursday to fully encircle a brush fire that broke out in the Santa Ana River bottom amid offshore winds that propelled it in the direction of homes, burning roughly 39 acres before ...

Several jails holding nearly 5,000 people sit around Castaic Lake in the fire evacuation ... Cal Fire said vegetation was burning by the Santa Ana River. The heavy and dense fuel led the flames ...

While the cause of fires remains unknown, the severity and growth of these fires can be attributed to the weather, specifically, the Santa Ana winds. Typically, the winds in Southern California ...

Santa Ana winds are picking back up in Southern California, making wildfires harder to control. The winds make firefighting more difficult due to accelerating fire spread and making aerial ...

The terrain allows for the development of Santa Ana winds that cause any fire to spread very quickly. On a smaller scale, I saw firsthand how the wind and terrain could turn a small fire into a ...

Joan Didion There’s always been a black hole in the center of the California sunlight, and the Santa Ana winds blow through it. It’s where the best Los Angeles writers have done their work ...