(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 Santa ...

A serious wildfire situation has unfolded for coastal areas of Southern California as a powerful Santa Ana event that ... into part of the zone from Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia and New ...

Joan Didion There’s always been a black hole in the center of the California sunlight, and the Santa Ana winds blow through it. It’s where the best Los Angeles writers have done their work ...

A red flag warning was in effect late on Monday as dry, dangerous Santa Ana winds picked up speed ... crews in Los Angeles and other Southern California counties that were under elevated fire ...

Santa Ana winds could bring a serious fire weather threat this week. Pacific storms that typically arrive by November or December to end the fire season have instead targeted Northern California ...

Whipping Santa Ana winds and dropping humidity levels ... power as the storm stretched from Kansas to Virginia and Washington, D.C. The storm also created chaos for drivers with widespread traffic ...

Dangerous Santa Ana winds are expected to return to the Los ... travel internationally — the only places I would go would be D.C., Sacramento, San Francisco and New York, in relation to L.A ...

Gavin Newsom canceled a planned trip to Washington, D.C., citing the ongoing Los Angeles ... which have been stoked by strong Santa Ana winds and a lack of rainfall across the south state.

Getty Images To make things worse, the Santa Ana winds are expected to pick up considerably later today and into the night reaching 80-100mph, putting most of Southern California at risk.