LOS ANGELES – Thousands of firefighters working to contain and extinguish a series of devastating and deadly wildfires in the Los Angeles area took advantage of a welcome break from the ...

D owned trees and power outages have been reported in areas near and north of Los Angeles. Here's the setup causing the extreme fire danger: Santa Ana winds are caused by strong high pressure ...

Jon Keeley, University of California, Los Angeles (THE ... causes extreme winds like this in Southern California, and why they create such a dangerous fire risk. The Santa Ana winds are dry ...

Jon Keeley, University of California, Los Angeles ... extreme winds like this in Southern California, and why they create such a dangerous fire risk. What causes the Santa Ana winds?