“Anything can happen” during a Santa Ana event, Raymond Chandler wrote in his 1938 short story Red Wind. Chandler’s bailiwick was the crime genre, and the Santa Ana winds were an augur of physical ...

Santa Ana winds in Southern California are often-fierce winds that topple power lines and trees and can turn a spark into a raging wildfire.

Santa Anas are dry, warm and gusty northeast winds that blow from the interior ... In the short story “Red Wind,” Raymond Chandler captured the emotional effect: “There was a desert wind ...

Santa Ana winds are common in Southern California ... In the short story “Red Wind,” Raymond Chandler captured the emotional effect: “There was a desert wind blowing that night.

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.

Santa Anas are dry, warm and gusty northeast winds that blow from the interior ... In the short story “Red Wind,” Raymond Chandler captured the emotional effect: “There was a desert wind ...

There’s always been a black hole in the center of the California sunlight, and the Santa Ana winds blow through ... John Fante (“Ask the Dust”), Raymond Chandler (“Red Wind”) and ...