We explain what’s known about how the catastrophic L.A. wildfires started and the factors that scientists do -- and don’t -- ...

In recent days, however, the region’s powerful Santa Ana winds—which have been fanning the flames—have begun to slow down.

The hurricane-force winds fueling fast-moving Southern California wildfires have exasperated firefighters in western states for over a century. They quickly turn small wildfires into raging infernos ...

Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County Wednesday, the blazes were already rewriting the record books.

Fanned by strong winds, the wildfires have killed at least 24 people and swept through 40,000 acres in the Greater Los ...

San Diego County has in the past dealt with its own massive and destructive fires. How do they compare to the recent blazes ...

Gusty Santa Ana winds are forecast to come and go over southern California in the next several days, at times further exacerbating the deadly and devastating wildfires across the region.