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 ...
L.A. fires: UCLA leaders provide update at town hall | UCLA
4 days ago · 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 in the News January 10, 2025 | UCLA
Jan 10, 2025 · How Santa Ana winds fueled the Southern California fires | The Conversation (Commentary by UCLA’s Jon Keeley) The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region sees about 10 Santa Ana wind events a year on average, typically occurring from fall into January.
How climate change worsened the most destructive wildfires in L.A ...
1 day ago · The California fires erupted amid extremely dry conditions. UCLA scientists say extreme heat linked to climate change was a factor in the fires' intensity. ... When the strong Santa Ana winds ...
UCLA Research and Commentary on the LA Fire Response and …
2 days ago · “LA experienced the most intense Santa Ana winds in nearly 15 years, which were not only incredibly strong and fast, but also erratic, meaning that embers flew for miles in unpredictable directions.” – Edith de Guzman, water equity and adaptation policy specialist at UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
Climate Change A Factor In Unprecedented LA Fires
4 days ago · Given the extreme aridity and fuel abundance in the wildlands around Los Angeles, the hurricane-force Santa Ana winds that arrived on January 7 were the final ingredient in a perfect recipe for major wildfire development. Santa Ana winds occur episodically in coastal Southern California from roughly October through March (Rolinski et al. 2019 ...
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 …
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.
UCLA scientists discuss factors of intense fires across Los Angeles ...
3 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.
What We Know About What Led to the L.A. Wildfires
6 hours ago · As several UCLA scientists wrote in a preliminary analysis ... A 2021 research article that examined Santa Ana wind fires from 1948 to 2018 found that “100% of the fires were caused by humans ...