Powerful Santa Ana winds, with gusts reaching hurricane strength, swept down the mountains outside Los Angeles and spread ...

The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region ...

Weekend rains threaten to trigger dangerous mudslides in hillside communities leveled by Southern California wildfires in the ...

Epic events like the Southern California wildfires do not have a singular cause. While we don’t yet know the official causes ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jon Keeley, University of California, Los Angeles (THE CONVERSATION) Powerful ...

Topography also plays a role. As the winds rush downslope from the top of the San Gabriel Mountains, they become drier and hotter. That’s a function of the physics of air masses. By the time the ...

The wind direction and topography played a major role as well. The San Gabriel Mountains and the wind orientation interacted to produce a damaging wind event that doesn't occur often. The ...