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 ...

Smoke from the Palisades Fire is seen from Point Dume while it burns homes along the Pacific Coast Highway amid a powerful windstorm on Wednesday in Malibu, California. Fueled by intense Santa Ana ...

Southern California was battered late Tuesday and early Wednesday by abnormally strong Santa Ana winds roaring down the inland mountain slopes — with gusts reaching up to 100 mph, weather ...

Just after 10:30 a.m. on a cool, foggy January morning, smoke began rising from a ridge above Pacific Palisades — a quiet ...

LOS ANGELES — A fast-moving wildfire fueled by dangerously high-speed Santa Ana winds threatened homes in some of California's most exclusive neighborhoods on Tuesday, destroying homes and ...

Santa Ana occurs during the cooler months between September and May. Southern California is particularly vulnerable to them. Fire ecologist Chad Hanson told BBC News that it would be a “rough ...

Palisades Fire in California forces drivers to abandon cars as they flee Santa Ana winds-fueled blaze. ... Pacific Palisades is a coastal neighborhood in northwest Los Angeles.

The Palisades fire along the coast near the Santa Monica mountains has burned almost 20,000 acres as of Friday morning. ... Southern California’s Santa Ana winds often arise in the winter months.

The Palisades Fire burns a home on January 8, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. This is one of several serious fires currently burning in LA.

The next Coffee With KCAL event is heading to Santa Ana next Wednesday. The Coffee With KCAL initiative was launched after the Eaton and Palisades Fires to help connect with victims, but has expanded ...

There were warnings about wild Santa Ana winds in Southern California from Tuesday morning through Wednesday afternoon. They hit and started a wild fire near the Pacific Palisades area.

Fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds, a multi-thousand acre fire caused evacuation orders of over 70,000 residents in the Pacific Palisades area of California, west of Los Angeles, on Wednesday, Jan ...