The Santa Ana winds occur when there is high pressure to the east, in the Great Basin, and a low-pressure system off the coast. Air masses move from high pressure to low pressure, and the more extreme ...

A powerful storm dropping drenching rain on flood-prone Southern California is raising concern among forecasters that it ...

A small brush fire prompted the temporary closure of southbound lanes of the SR-2 freeway in Glendale on Sunday evening. Firefighters are referring to the blaze as the Mountain Fire, which is located ...

Though no community can be made fireproof, discarding past urban design practices could make areas abutting wilderness safer ...

Twenty-five more Pacific Palisades residents who were affected by January’s deadly brush fire have joined a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power over ...

There’s no specific new disaster aid to help victims of the devastation from the Southern California wildfires in the budget ...

The devastating fires in California early this year came after a particularly unfortunate weather pattern—an exceptionally ...

A judge and attorneys on Monday worked inside a packed courtroom to merge dozens of lawsuits against Southern California ...

January’s Eaton and Palisades fires in Southern California killed at least 29 people and left thousands without homes, juggling insurance claims and questions over whether to rebuild. Another huge ...

Firefighters on New York's Long Island gained control of a wind-driven brush fire in the ... that swept across Southern California two months ago. Four fires ignited in the area Saturday but ...

California’s wildfires have significantly impacted wildlife, prompting researchers at the Natural History Museum to examine the effects on bird populations.

NEW YORK (AP) — Quick-moving brush fires burned through a large swath of land on New York’s Long Island on Saturday, fanned ...