Answer: The Santa Ana winds have everything to do with weather. It starts with a high-pressure area over the Great Basin.

The winds are common in California in the colder months, but they can sometimes help spread dangerous wildfires. By Camille Baker A Santa Ana wind event is fueling wildfires in Los Angeles that ...

Critical fire conditions are expected to continue through Friday. But rain could be on the way this weekend. Here's what to ...

Powerful Santa Ana winds are sweeping across Southern California in a windstorm that triggered red flag warnings for Los Angeles County and created what firefighters called some of the most ...

Damaging winds, downed trees, power outages and raging wildfires. Santa Ana winds can lead to all of these and more, potentially leading to life-threatening conditions. Knowing what Santa Ana ...

A rare Particularly Dangerous Situation warning has been issued for Southern California as a powerful and potentially ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has deployed fire engines, water-dropping aircraft and hand crews across the region—to ...

Southern California will continue to face "dangerous fire weather conditions" including strong Santa Ana winds and extremely ...

The Santa Anas are expected to be most powerful Monday night into Tuesday. Fire services across the region say they are ready ...

Editor's note: An updated Los Angeles wind forecast has been issued for Thursday, January 9. The ferocious Santa Ana winds that helped fuel the deadly, out-of-control wildfires around Los Angeles ...

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The ferocious Santa Ana winds that helped fuel the deadly, out-of-control wildfires around Los Angeles are forecast to ease later Wednesday, but they may return Friday, meteorologists said.