The winds were fueling four major brush fires in the L.A. area Wednesday, the largest being a roughly 3,000-acre blaze that destroyed much of Pacific Palisades.

Windstorms can seem like they come out of nowhere, hitting with a sudden blast. They might be hundreds of miles long, ...

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 ...