“Anything can happen” during a Santa Ana event, Raymond Chandler wrote in his 1938 short story Red Wind. Chandler’s bailiwick was the crime genre, and the Santa Ana winds were an augur of physical ...

“The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.” — Joan Didion There’s always been a black hole in the center of the California sunlight, and the Santa Ana winds blow through it. It’s ...

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

Southern California is facing fierce fires fueled by the Santa Ana winds, which threaten homes and put firefighters to the ...

Cold air, hot winds - Santa Ana winds usually occur between September ... and make your nerves jump and your skin itch." For Joan Didion, they blew "sandstorms out along Route 66, drying the ...

As fires have raged, so have citations of the prescient author Mike Davis. But in a changed world, we need new thinkers too.

(KWTX) -One of the major factors that made the January Los Angeles fires so devastating was the very strong Santa Ana winds.

If you grew up in Southern California, you don’t need a weatherperson to know which way the Santa Ana winds blow ... fire ...

Joan Didion. The dread carries over to music, too, and the shiny hits of the city’s recording studios. “Here come those Santa Ana winds again …” You can hear the line in your head ...