As wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles, three fires broke out in San Diego County, prompting evacuation orders and warnings.

After a much quieter weekend, Southern California is experiencing a major shift in the weather pattern. The winds will peak Monday evening and overnight but extend into Tuesday morning.

Winds have picked up and are expected to continue through Tuesday morning, raising the risk of new wildfires sparking

Watch KTLA team coverage of the latest wind event to create a wildfire risk in metro Los Angeles. Jan. 20, 2025.

Answer: Santa Ana winds are dry, warm and gusty winds that blow from the interior of southern California toward the coast and offshore. They are a type of downslope wind, which is a wind directed down a slope produced by processes larger in scale than the slope.

Santa Ana winds return to Southern California from Monday to Tuesday, once again raising fire danger concerns.

“This is not a typical Santa Ana, but this is the time of year when you expect it,” Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California Los Angeles, said in a ...

The winds fueling Southern California wildfires form when a high-pressure system develops over the Great Basin in Utah and Nevada

Winds picked up on Tuesday in Southern California and at least a couple of new wildfires broke out as firefighters remained on alert in extreme fire weather two weeks after two major blazes started that are still burning in the Los Angeles area.

A winter storm was on a track to sweep through Texas and Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast and deep into Florida, significant snow and ice in tow.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Windy and dry conditions returned to Southern California on Monday ... morning due to low humidity and damaging Santa Ana winds. Gusts could peak at 70 mph along the coast ...