A wildfire in central California has increased in scope and has become the largest wildfire in the state this year, surpassing the devastating blazes that ravaged the Los Angeles metropolitan ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 10:18 p.m. in Los Angeles County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private ...

Growth of the Madre Fire burning off Highway 166 expanded overnight, now having scorched 70,801 acres by Friday morning.

The Madre Fire is California's largest blaze so far this year, igniting in dry brush Wednesday in southeastern San Luis ...

The most effective measures to prepare for wildfires, Villanueva said, is by creating a “defensible space” around homes. He ...

Powerful Santa Ana winds fueled the rapid spread of the blazes. Climate change has likely contributed to the unprecedented wildfires that are raging through Southern California. Five wildfires ...

Southern California's risk will come after. One of the changes we could see this year is an earlier start of offshore Santa Ana winds by late August or early September.

A stock photo of a helicopter fighting a wildfire. Toa55/Getty What to Know Meteorologists warned of Santa Ana winds for parts of Southern California earlier this week. Most wind advisories will ...

A hillside burns in Topanga, Calif., during the Palisades fire, on Jan. 9. The fire was fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds, which could return starting on Monday, forecasters said.

The Santa Ana winds that fanned the fires devastating Southern California were forecast to return as firefighters scrambled to douse the deadly blazes that have destroyed more than 10,000 homes ...

The Santa Ana winds fanning wildfires that have killed at least 25 people in Southern California and destroyed more than 10,000 houses, businesses and other structures in Greater Los Angeles are ...

The topography of Southern California also plays a major role in the development of Santa Ana winds. Once winds reach the Inland Sierra Mountains, the moving air is pushed down and compressed.