Santa Ana Winds Joan Didion

Santa Ana winds ramp up in Southern California

Art has long found inspiration, and foreboding, in the Santa Ana winds

As the L.A. fires rage, we’re reminded of movies, books and songs that speak to the city’s love-hate relationship with the forces that shape it.

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Fueling the Los Angeles fires: the Santa Ana 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 flash point." For Joan Didion, they blew "sandstorms out along Route 66,

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Santa Ana winds ramp up in Southern California as firefighters work around the clock

The National Weather Service issued a "particularly dangerous situation" Red Flag Warning as winds pick up in and around Los Angeles.

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The Santa Ana by Joan Didion

Written by Joan Didion, The Santa Ana ("Los Angeles Notebook"/Slouching Towards Bethlehem) was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1965.

For 200 years LA has been close to the edge. Now it’s fallen over it

I’ve walked the streets of LA, its history as vivid as its fires. Now, the city burns, and its dreams smoulder in the ash ...

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As drought worsens in Southern California, Santa Ana winds bring 'extreme fire conditions'

The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for Los Angeles and parts of Ventura County through Thursday evening, meaning that conditions for wildfires will be at their highest thanks ...

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Warnings of 'fast-moving fire' after Los Angeles gets brief wind reprieve: Updates

Officials are bracing for the return of fierce Santa Ana winds as they try to contain large blazes in the Los Angeles area.

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