The mountains and foothills of Los Angeles County are in “extreme drought” conditions, about 36% of the county, explained ...

This storm, however, won’t have much of an impact on the region’s drought conditions, however. Two quick observations about droughts in Southern California: They are common and can be two-faced.

As winds across the Southern California area are calmer ... precipitation since spring, leaving grasses and brush dry and highly flammable. This extended drought, exacerbated by Santa Ana winds ...

Grasses, leaves and dried-out shrubbery burn quickly with the advancing fire front. They’re gone in a flash. But structures and trees smolder for a while. In Southern California, precipitation ...

Drought conditions intensified and expanded in Southern and Central California this month ... will remain closed on Tuesday. A small grass fire in Griffith Park was extinguished earlier Monday.

Since last Tuesday, a series of ferocious wildfires have broken out in Southern ... fires? California had a really wet year last year because of the strong El Niño event. They had heavy amounts of ...

New regulatory filing shows power line surges, problems during high winds, including at a transmission tower near start of ...