The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region ...

HIGH winds have been a key ingredient of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, and after a brief lull at the end of last ...

Topography could be one reason. California storms generally travel from west to east from the Pacific. For the Sierra Nevada and Lassen Peak, in the Cascade Range, that means storms traverse the ...

Lots of people are familiar with the fire triangle, and it’s components of oxygen, fuel and heat. The wildfire version is comprised of topography, weather and fuels. It’s the topography that is a ...