A wind advisory was issued by the NWS San Diego CA on Monday at 2:11 a.m. valid from 4 p.m. until Wednesday 6 p.m. The advisory is for San Diego County Inland Valleys, Riverside County Mountains and San Diego County Mountains.

The Santa Ana winds are expected to keep the fire threat high in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties until Wednesday evening (January 15). The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning due to the combination of strong winds,

Helping drive the wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are the so-called Santa Ana winds, a weather phenomenon known to dry out "the hills and the nerves to

Owing to fast-spreading fires, SoCalGas officials said the utility had temporarily shut off natural gas service to 16,700 customers Saturday in the Pasadena, Altadena, and Sierra Madre communities. SoCalGas was working with contractors and mutual aid from San Diego Gas and Electric,

The Santa Ana winds will pick up again in Southern California this week causing the threat of extreme fire danger to return to the region. The Palisades and Eaton Fires, among others, continue to rage near Los Angeles with fire containment becoming more difficult as winds pick up.