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 from fall into January. When conditions are dry, as they are right now, these winds can become a severe fire hazard.

Southern California is facing fierce fires fueled by the Santa Ana winds, which threaten homes and put firefighters to the test.

Critical fire conditions are expected to continue through Friday. But rain could be on the way this weekend. Here's what to know.

With declining enrollment, Santa Ana Unified school board members are the latest public education leaders considering mass layoffs.

A rare Particularly Dangerous Situation warning has been issued for Southern California as a powerful and potentially damaging Santa Ana wind event​ is expected.

The Santa Anas are expected to be most powerful Monday night into Tuesday. Fire services across the region say they are ready.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has deployed fire engines, water-dropping aircraft and hand crews across the region—to enable a rapid response if a new fire does break out, according to The Associated Press.

Meteorologists said there was a chance the winds would be as severe as those that fueled the Palisades and Eaton fires, but that different locations would likely be affected.

After losing their homes in the Eaton Fire, an Altadena neighborhood vowed to find the firefighter who left them a heartwarming letter of perseverance.

The ambitious project would add inflatable rubber dams to the Santa Ana River to essentially create a lake with standing water.

Significant progress is being made on Anaheim’s “OCVIBE” entertainment district, an effort to spruce up one of the premier tourism destinations in California during what

Cleanup efforts are underway across Los Angeles County as residents pick up the pieces after three weeks of nonstop fires.