The impending arrival of hot Santa Ana winds — combined with two years of overgrown vegetation — all but ensure that this fall will be fraught with danger. “The odds definitely favor a ...

A fast-growing wildfire forcing evacuations in Southern California shows the danger the state now faces, as record-smashing heat waves dry out the landscape just as the Santa Ana wind season is due to ...

The Santa Ana winds — “Devil Winds” — that blow west every Fall across the Los Angeles basin, make everybody jumpy. They are stronger and more insistent than the moist breezes from the ...

Typically, the Santa Ana winds help spread larger fires in the later months of wildfire season, but because of the accumulation of vegetation and record-breaking heat this year, Freeman said ...

Fire season is year-round in California, but the time we have the most Santa Ana wind events is coming. Here are some tips to ...

Santa Ana shares its name with the nearby Santa Ana Mountains, and the infamous Santa Ana winds, which have historically fueled seasonal wildfires throughout Southern California. The city is home ...

(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) Fire season is year-round in California, but the time we have the most Santa Ana wind events is coming. Here are some tips to prepare your home.

Click to turn the feature on or off. Learn more about this technology here. For voters in Santa Ana, the mayor is the most important elected official, overseeing the Santa Ana City Council and the ...

Forecasters are unable to predict exactly when the winds will arrive from year to year, but it’s clear that this upcoming Santa Ana season could be perilous for a broad swath of the state.