A fire that erupted Tuesday in the Santa Ana River bottom in Jurupa Valley charred about a quarter acre in heavy brush before crews stopped it. The non-injury blaze was reported at 3:33 p.m. on the ...

The Hughes Fire has spread over 8,096 acres after starting just before lunchtime in Los Angeles County's Castaic Lake area on Wednesday.

In extreme conditions, no amount of brush clearance can guarantee protection. Indeed, too much clearing can in fact leave ...

"This vegetation is extremely dry,” LA County Fire public information officer ... events helped fuel the destructive wildfires. The Santa Ana winds, which occur most often in the fall and ...

Back-to-back atmospheric river storms are set to hit Los Angeles County this week — giving the region much-needed moisture ...

These winds create high fire conditions not only for a fire to start but offshore, Santa Ana winds are the perfect ... When rain totals are below average, the vegetation that once was green ...

Strong, damaging Santa Ana winds are expected to bring extreme ... The persistent offshore pattern will suck any remaining moisture out of the vegetation, which is already dangerously dry because ...

Moisture sweeping down the coast will drench much of California, including areas that burned severely just a month ago.

Also see: How to prepare for the next Santa Ana wind event The stage is once again set for enormous fire danger because there still is critically dry vegetation, with no real rain since April ...

LOS ANGELES – Another moderate to strong Santa Ana wind event ... which will allow vegetation to quickly burn if flames break out. “If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable for ...

These winds create hot, dry conditions and very high fire danger ... all of the fresh vegetation to dry out and become fuel for the wildfires to burn. Third, the Santa-Ana winds were especially ...

Fires driven by Santa Ana winds ... homes and other structures there — not dry weather, not dense vegetation and not the fire’s proximity to areas where human settlements and wild spaces ...