Lenny Maughan noticed that when he mapped his runs, it sometimes resembled an object, animal, or person. So, he set about ...

Up and down California, including other O.C. cities where such vendors set up shop, officials have wrestled with how best to ...

Wildfires in Southern California have prompted major discussions about water in the state. Here's an overview of where water ...

A new study finds that the region's extremely dry and hot conditions were about 35 percent more likely because of climate ...

And are you safe if you live farther away? There’s no magic answer to these questions, but we break down what we know.

Some behaviors, like yawning and scratching, are socially contagious. If one person does it, others are likely to follow suit. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have ...

The wildfires that have devastated the Los Angeles area this month have been fuelled by dry vegetation in drought conditions, and fanned by powerful, warm Santa Ana winds. The downslope flow of ...

While the cause of fires remains unknown, the severity and growth of these fires can be attributed to the weather, specifically, the Santa Ana winds. Typically, the winds in Southern California ...

The terrain allows for the development of Santa Ana winds that cause any fire to spread very quickly. On a smaller scale, I saw firsthand how the wind and terrain could turn a small fire into a ...

Joan Didion There’s always been a black hole in the center of the California sunlight, and the Santa Ana winds blow through it. It’s where the best Los Angeles writers have done their work ...

After more than a week of battling fierce wildfires driven by Santa Ana winds, the Southern California region is still facing danger as dangerously high winds are expected until the early evening ...