Many of the towering fires that began Tuesday were fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds, which gusted to more ... Oregon, Washington, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona dispatched teams to assist.

Ana Urzua (center), executive director of Cooperacion Santa Ana, speaks during an event at La Colmena on March 21, 2025. (Photo by Felipe Ramirez of Wisteria Content / Graphic by Deonna Anderson) This ...

Mostly cloudy with a high of 71 °F (21.7 °C). Winds SW at 9 mph (14.5 kph). Night - Mostly cloudy. Winds variable at 6 to 8 mph (9.7 to 12.9 kph). The overnight low will be 55 °F (12.8 °C).

It spread rapidly because of hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, burning for 24 days, consuming more than 23,000 acres and destroying 6,837 structures. Photo credit: Ariam23, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 ...

Strong Santa Ana Winds, record high temperatures, and a lasting drought meant that the fires spread for nearly a month. They killed 29 residents, forced 200,000 to evacuate, wreaked some $250 ...

Both ignited Jan. 7 during powerful Santa Ana winds in a region that had been bone dry for eight months. The Palisades Fire, the largest of the blazes, destroyed more than 6,800 structures and ...

Both ignited Jan. 7 during powerful Santa Ana winds in a region that had been bone dry for eight months. The Palisades Fire, the largest of the blazes, destroyed more than 6,800 structures and ...

Both ignited Jan. 7 during powerful Santa Ana winds in a region that had been bone dry for eight months. The Palisades Fire, the largest of the blazes, destroyed more than 6,800 structures and ...

Consumer Watchdog, the Santa Monica-based group that filed the lawsuit against the insurance department, contends regulators lack the authority to permit insurance companies to put homeowners on ...

The January fires were a textbook example of that: record-dry conditions stretched deep into winter, coinciding with the peak of Santa Ana wind season, and well, the rest is tragic history.

It was scary but also dramatic and entertaining for the kids who had no way of knowing what the intense Santa Ana winds were capable of. Less than two hours later, Altadena erupted in flames.

HUNTINGTON BEACH (AP) — Conservative commentator Steve Hilton announced Tuesday that he's joining the 2026 race for California governor, running as a Republican to replace Democrat Gavin Newsom ...