Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County Wednesday, the blazes were already rewriting the record books.

The National Weather Service issued its most serious red flag warning for parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties this week as the fires still burn

January has been unusually sunny across the Bay Area, but a shift in the weather is expected Saturday and Sunday. The return of the marine layer will bring increased cloud cover and lower temperatures,

In recent days, however, the region’s powerful Santa Ana winds—which have been fanning the flames—have begun to slow down. This lull has offered firefighters a reprieve and a key opportunity to make progress against the blazes, but forecasts suggest the Santa Ana will return next week. What are these gusts, and how have they become so strong?

Besides burning the most urban area, the Eaton and Palisades fires are the largest ever for California in January. Alexandra Syphard, a senior research scientist at the Conservation Biology Institute, said their timing and path through the city “may have no precedent in history.”

Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County Wednesday, the blazes were already rewriting the record books.

This time around, so many folks have posted the same Santa Ana and wildfire quotes to the point that the brilliant is becoming banal.

The blazes have grown to more than 37,000 acres, killing at least 25 people and destroying thousands of structures.

FILE - Kenneth Snowden, left, surveys the damage to his fire-ravaged property with his brother Kim, center, and Ronnie in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Fires tearing through the Los Angeles area have killed at least 24 people, displaced thousands of others and destroyed more than 12,000 structures.

The seemingly endless Santa Ana winds will be replaced by cloudy skies and drizzle Thursday across San Diego County ... will spread across all of Southern California, helping firefighters battle ...