California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an order Thursday making $2.5 billion available for response and recovery efforts as fire weary residents brace for yet another threat as Santa Ana winds fan the ...

The Central Coast will see the opening of a permanent aeronautics museum, built to preserve and publicize the history of ...

On top of this, the Santa Ana winds, Southern California’s seasonal gusts, were unusually strong. They typically blow from the northeast toward the coast in the wintertime, but this year ...

A new sentencing hearing for brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez in the killing of their parents has been delayed for nearly two months because of Southern California's wildfires. Recently elected Los ...

This column, produced by the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum, was written by museum employee Jeremy Brooks.

Show Caption1 of 5 A visitor writes a note on the Jimmy Carter Memorial Door at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, CA on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. The museum and Habitat for Humanity of Orange County are ...

Days before hurricane-force Santa Ana wind gusts fueled fires that devastated Los Angeles, meteorologists posted eerily accurate warnings that such a scenario was possible. But they’ve had a ...

While the cause of fires remains unknown, the severity and growth of these fires can be attributed to the weather, specifically, the Santa Ana winds. Typically, the winds in Southern California ...

Santa Ana winds are picking back up in Southern California, making wildfires harder to control. The winds make firefighting more difficult due to accelerating fire spread and making aerial ...

The terrain allows for the development of Santa Ana winds that cause any fire to spread very quickly. On a smaller scale, I saw firsthand how the wind and terrain could turn a small fire into a ...