The winds are common in California in the colder months, but they can sometimes help spread dangerous wildfires.

More than 100,000 LA residents have been evacuated from their homes and about 29,000 acres (11,300 hectares) have been burned ...

Whipping Santa Ana winds and dropping humidity ... according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The agency has also advised residents to "stay indoors, away from windows ...

Critical fire weather is expected to continue until Wednesday at the earliest, increasing the risk that fires will spread ...

A damaging Santa Ana wind event was peaking early Wednesday and was expected to stay strong through early afternoon.

The devastating fires that have killed at least five people and forced the evacuations of tens of thousands of residents ...

Firefighters braced for high winds, with the National Weather Service of LA issuing its most serious advisory, “Particularly ...

The Santa Ana winds are expected to strengthen into Sunday morning with gusts of 30 to 50 mph in coastal areas, and up to 70 ...

Both fires ignited last week during Santa Ana ... fire spread. The fire causes are still under investigation, according to an update from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ...

Southern California is being ravaged by wildfires exacerbated by the Santa Ana winds ... according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The Hurst fire is burning 700 ...

Residents live in fear of the Santa Ana desert winds, which are fast-moving, dry and extremely warm – conditions that can ...