Just a few years after the ozone hole was detected via satellite, the industrialized nations of the world, meeting in ...

As winds across the Southern California area are calmer than their peak and firefighters are making progress, the threat to ...

In recent days, however, the region’s powerful Santa Ana winds—which have been fanning the flames—have begun to slow down.

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

The Santa Ana winds fanning wildfires that have killed at least 25 people in Southern California and destroyed more than ...

Topography matters, too — treeless mountain peaks are typically windier without those trees, or buildings, to slow the winds.

The Kenneth Fire was threatening houses in the Hidden Hills, home to many celebrities, including Kim Kardashian and Kris ...

With more than 18 million people living in Greater Los Angeles, these maps show how quickly wildfires have encircled some of ...

Jessica Simpson has fled her $22 million Southern California home, formerly owned by Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, following ...

A roughly 20-acre brush fire is burning in the West Hills/Hidden Hills area, in the general area of the 101 Freeway and Valley Circle Boulevard.

By 6 p.m., the fire grew to 960 acres, fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds. By 9 p.m., it was mapped at 1,000 acres with a 35% containment. The forward rate of spread has been stopped. On Thursday night, ...

says the Santa Ana winds are most common during the cooler months from September through May. They are caused by high ...