L.A. fires: UCLA leaders provide update at town hall | UCLA
Jan 14, 2025 · Get the latest on campus operations, instruction and emergency plans for UCLA. As the Bruin community processes the impacts of last week’s fires and awaits the next expected round of Santa Ana winds, UCLA leaders hosted a town hall for faculty and staff on Jan. 13 to offer the latest information on campus and UCLA Health operations, as well as available resources for those affected by the fires.
UCLA braced for extreme Santa Ana winds | UCLA
Jan 8, 2025 · Get the latest on the status of campus operations, instruction and emergency plans for the Bruin community. UCLA facilities management and emergency operations have been taking necessary steps to mitigate the potentially destructive and life-threatening impacts of extreme Santa Ana winds. UCLA experts have called the weather event “one of the most powerful wind events of the season,” and ...
UCLA in the News January 14, 2025 | UCLA
Jan 14, 2025 · UCLA in the News lists selected mentions of UCLA in the world’s news media. Some articles may require registration or a subscription. See more UCLA in the News.. How the Santa Ana winds are worsening the L.A. wildfires | CBC “The Santa Ana winds occur when we have what we call this big high-pressure system that’s over the Great Basins, near the state(s) of Nevada and Utah.
How Santa Ana winds fueled the deadly fires in Southern California
Jan 9, 2025 · Powerful Santa Ana winds, near hurricane strength at times, swept down the mountains outside Los Angeles and pushed wildfires into several neighborhoods starting Jan. 7, 2025. Well over 1,000 homes and several schools had …
Climate Change A Factor In Unprecedented LA Fires
Jan 14, 2025 · On top of all that, we saw a nearly unprecedented Santa Ana wind event that was critical for the rapid spread of wildfires beginning on January 7, 2025. Here we begin to quantify how unusual these factors are, in the context of the natural weather and climate variability.
Pacific Palisades fire—UCLA experts warn of extreme wildfire risks …
Jan 7, 2025 · Southern California is facing its most extreme wind event in over a decade, fueling fast-moving wildfires like the Pacific Palisades Fire. ... UCLA wildfire research, Santa Ana winds fire risk, Extreme wind wildfire California, Wildfire evacuations SoCal, UCLA experts, UCLA research, UCLA climate experts explain growing wildfire threat.
The Devil Wind: A Brief History of the Santa Anas
Oct 25, 2012 · Triggering allergies, fraying nerves, and alarming fire-prone communities, the Santa Ana winds have long been a fact of life in Southern California – the unadvertised price residents pay for the region's otherwise idyllic weather.
L.A. Wildfires: Santa Ana winds drive fire risk back up to extreme ...
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UCLA scientists discuss factors of intense fires across Los Angeles ...
5 days ago · Thomas is a second-year physiological science student from Santa Clarita, California. Thomas is the 2024-2025 science and health editor. He was previously a News reporter in 2023-2024.
The Santa Ana Winds - University of California, Los Angeles
Named after Southern California's Santa Ana Canyon and a fixture of local legend and literature, the Santa Ana is a blustery, dry and warm (often hot) wind that blows out of the desert.