A storm could dump significant rain and snow on portions of California, bringing damaging winds and flash floods to parts of Southern California.

Santa Ana winds are expected to usher in dry wildfire conditions for Southern California on New Year’s Eve, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures are forecast to be in the upper 60s and low 70s on Tuesday for the Los Angeles ...

Santa Anas are dry, warm and gusty northeast winds that blow from the interior of Southern California toward the coast and offshore, moving in the opposite direction of the normal onshore flow that carries moist air from the Pacific into the region.

Prior to the urbanization of Southern California, rainbow and steelhead trout were native to these waterways and they were a source of food for the Native American tribes and early settlers in the region. In contrast, brook and brown trout are not native to California and were introduced to the state in the late 1800s.

A brush fire pushed by dangerously high-speed Santa Ana winds threatened homes in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles on Tuesday, officials said. The fire was first reported at 10:10 a.m. along the 8400 block of West Sunset Boulevard, according to ...