The Santa Ana winds occur when there is high pressure to the east, in the Great Basin, and a low-pressure system off the coast. Air masses move from high pressure to low pressure, and the more extreme ...

The El Niño event is spawned by warmer than average temperatures in the Central Pacific called the "Nino 3.4" region. When sea surface temperatures are warm here by more than 0.5C or higher for a few ...

Photojournalist Stuart Palley turned his camera on the California wildfires and shares his account of devastation and ...

What a beautiful Tuesday evening across the Coachella Valley today! We saw some earlier breezes, mainly in the passes, with ...

Wildfire turned vibrant Altadena to rubble. The Monitor is following what comes next on one block. How neighbors rebuild, how ...

After days of wet weather, Ventura County's rainfall remains far below normal for this time of year. Here's what to know.

Leading into the much-anticipated release of the state’s mapping of high fire severity zones, Menlo Park and Atherton fire, ...

S&P Global Ratings analysts said they reviewed their entire rated California public utility portfolio before giving seven ...

Diablo Winds are similar to Santa Ana winds, they just occur a little farther to the north. They both can aid in creating ...

The tornado, creating gusts of up 85 mph, left a trail 80 yards wide and a mile long, damaging homes, plowing over trees, ...

Wind gusts were forecast to top 50 mph in some areas. In Pico Rivera, a tornado with wind speeds reaching 85 mph traveled ...

Rain began falling at Palm Springs International Airport at around 5:15 a.m. Thursday. As of about noon, 0.18 inches of rain ...