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 ...

Extreme fire weather returns to Southern California - particularly Los Angeles and Ventura counties - as winds of up to 100 mph have prompted the most urgent warning from the National Weather Service.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Strong Santa Ana winds, a dry winter and low ... Basin combined with a storm in northwestern Mexico has created the conditions for strong winds over Southern California starting on Tuesday ...