dvt_santa_ana_winds.png If winds several thousand feet above the ground are also from the north or northeast, as they would be when an upper-level low-pressure system is swirling over Arizona, southern Nevada or northwestern Mexico, those stronger winds ...

The storm is battering southern California with Santa Ana winds, fueling wildfire risks. Arizona will see winds, but not much more.

The same Santa Ana winds spreading wildfire across southern California are blowing the smoke over the Pacific Ocean, not into Arizona.

The Santa Ana winds fanning wildfires that have killed at least 25 people in Southern California and destroyed more than 10,000 houses, businesses and other structures in Greater Los Angeles are flaring up again.

Overnight water drops in California are prompting discussions on if the technique is feasible in Arizona where most of those operations are suspended for a variety of factors.

Fires began Tuesday afternoon as high-speed winds, known as the Santa Ana winds, quickly spread flames from a small fire into Pacific Palisades.

Winds could threaten small signs of progress firefighters made over the weekend with the devastating Pacific Palisades Fire.

LOS ANGELES − The death toll from a devastating series of fires in Los Angeles County rose to 16, officials announced, as air crews used fire retardant and water to battle the Palisades Fire that threatened homes even closer to the heart of the city on Saturday.

In a state that averages more than 7,500 wildfires a year some California homeowners keep helmets and fire hoses handy. However, the Los Angeles fires demonstrate a new reality: Wildfires in the state are growing larger and more ferocious and burning into suburbs and cities more often, experts told USA TODAY.

Mary Kay Barry went numb as her husband Kevin drove toward their home on Rubio Canyon Road in Altadena, California. “We turned off onto some side streets and everything was burning. I kind of panicked and had him turn back,

As wildfires continue to devastate Southern California, local efforts are ramping up to support those impacted.

Fires tearing through the Los Angeles area have killed at least 24 people, displaced thousands of others and destroyed more than 12,000 structures.