The fierce Santa Ana winds blowing dry desert air over the mountains and out to sea ... Santa Monica Mountains and its landscapes of chaparral, oak woodlands and coastal sage scrub were no ...

Rain might bring relief from wildfires searing Los Angeles County but could spell disaster for the only known population of Southern California steelhead trout in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Most of the California coast is under a flood alert as torrential rain and mountain snow intensified over California Thursday ...