JAMUL, Calif. — Fire crews are battling a brush fire that is burning in Jamul, Sunday afternoon . CAL FIRE San Diego ...

The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region sees about 10 Santa Ana wind events a year on average, typically occurring ...

The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region sees about 10 Santa Ana wind events a year on average, typically occurring ...

Strong, damaging Santa Ana winds are expected to bring extreme wildfire danger to Southern California Monday into Tuesday as the landscape remains dangerously starved of rain, and as firefighters ...

This explains why Santa Ana winds are usually very warm and dry, with the most extreme events sometimes being referred to by those who experience them as standing in front of a large blow dryer.

Jon Keeley, University of California, Los Angeles Powerful Santa Ana winds, with gusts reaching hurricane strength, swept ...