Santa Ana winds are a geographically specific type of wind that occur in Southern California known as katabatic winds. They are cold, dry, down-sloping winds that warm as they descend a mountain side.

The Santa Ana winds are notorious for being hot, dry, and dusty — traits that have earned them the nickname “devil winds” — but the quality that really defines them is their direction.

The Orange County and Santa Ana Mountains area is the focus of an updated wind advisory issued at 2:01 p.m. on Tuesday by the National Weather Service. The advisory is in effect until Wednesday, ...

A strong Santa Ana wind event is bringing extreme fire danger to Southern California this week, starting with Monday's evening forecast. KTLA's Sandra Mitchell catches the beginning of the windy ...

Gusty Santa Ana winds and warmer temperatures have officials ... truck was arrested after driving dangerously in the wrong direction on the freeway in L.A. County on April 23, 2025.

Jon Keeley, University of California, Los Angeles (THE CONVERSATION) Powerful Santa Ana winds, with gusts reaching hurricane strength, swept down the mountains outside Los Angeles and spread ...