A firefighter with a headlamp hoses down flames as the Palisades fire ravages homes on El Medio Avenue on Tuesday. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) Santa Ana winds are infamous for driving ...

Before more wildfires caused by Santa Ana winds arrive, all homeowners in fire-vulnerable areas should consider adding ember-proof screens to all their homes’ vents and any other small openings.

While authorities still don’t know what sparked the deadly fires in the Los Angeles area, they do know one clear way the flames have spread: embers. At least 24 people have died in the fires that have ...

Wind-blown embers leap ahead of the fire front to start new “spot” fires. Under these conditions, it is impossible to stop or control a blaze. Photo George Wuerthner The fires in Los Angeles are still ...

On a new Bay Area wildfire-risk map that gauges the threat of wind-driven embers, Lars Guntvedt’s neighborhood in the hills above Los Gatos sits in the highest-danger zone. Like many of his of ...

A typical single-family house is encircled by green, its shrubs and plants sitting just under windows and hugging exterior walls. It’s an image that California is trying to get homeowners to rethink ...