Officials in several Southern California counties urged residents to be on watch for fast-spreading blazes, power outages and downed trees during the latest round of notorious Santa Ana winds. Santa Anas are dry, warm and gusty northeast winds that blow ...

Southern California Edison has temporarily shut-off power in high-risk service areas across Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties — impacting approximately 38,016

Two fast-moving wildfires in southern California, fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds, have destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of residents to evacuate.

Homes were burned and thousands evacuated after a fast-moving wildfire sprang up in Ventura County, northwest of Los Angeles.

A Southern California wildfire has destroyed 132 structures, mostly homes, in less than two days, fire officials said Thursday as raging winds were forecast to ease.

California was lashed by powerful winds Wednesday that fed one fast-moving wildfire near multimillion-dollar properties along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu while hundreds of residents fled another fire farther north as forecasters warned of the potential for “extreme and life-threatening” blazes.

A Southern California wildfire has destroyed 132 structures, mostly homes, in less than two days, fire officials said as raging winds were forecast to ease. The fire started on Wednesday morning in Ventura County and has grown to about 32 square miles (83 square kilometres) at 5% containment.

A Southern California wildfire has destroyed 132 structures, mostly homes, in less than two days, fire officials said Thursday.

Utilities in California began powering down equipment during high winds and extreme fire danger after a series of massive and deadly wildfires in recent years were sparked by electrical lines and other infrastructure.