A brush fire pushed by dangerously high-speed Santa Ana winds threatened homes in the ... in the potential path of the flames near Topanga Beach, while evacuation warnings were in effect for ...

A man suspected of killing a woman in Menifee Saturday morning was shot to death about three hours later at the Newport Beach Pier at the end of a pursuit by Santa Ana police officers. The day’s ...

At around 6:50 a.m., Santa Ana police notified the Newport Beach police that the pursuit entered the city, Garcia said. The shooting occurred at the pier. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, ...

“The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.” — Joan Didion There’s always been a black hole in the center of the California sunlight, and the Santa Ana winds blow through it.