By Robert Fovell UCLA Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences The Santa Ana winds are a cool season wind that blows from the desert, raising dust, fanning fires and, according to popular literature at lea… ...

A doctor from Santa Ana is performing extraordinary work in one of the busiest trauma centers in the country, but his journey to working in the operating room was anything but ordinary.

Powerful Santa Ana winds, with gusts ... a research ecologist in California with the U.S. Geological Survey and adjunct professor at UCLA, explains what causes extreme winds like this in Southern ...

The term “Santa Ana winds” gets thrown around a lot by Southern California meteorologists and even shows up in “I Love L.A.,” Randy Newman’s classic ode to Los Angeles. But what are they ...

The season’s first Santa Ana wind event was expected to last through Monday night, and it brought dangerous fire conditions to Southern California. Several small brush fires ignited Sunday ...

Although they are usually warm, the Santa Ana winds develop when the desert is cold, according to the UCLA Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. They are most common from October through ...

Although the Santa Anas are a routine part of life for people living in southern California, the winds are particularly violent and destructive this time around, experts say.

Santa Ana winds flow east to west through Southern California's mountains, according to the National Weather Service. They begin when winds from the desert flow westward toward an area of low ...

The UCLA campus in Westwood is not in an evacuation zone but right next to mandatory evacuation areas as well as evacuation warning zones. But many on- and off-campus students have already left.

"The Santa Ana winds are a big reason why right around now tends to be a peak fire season around California," Hall said. But Hall thinks that the winds aren’t all bad.

What causes the Santa Ana winds? 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 ...