The timing of this Santa Ana Wind Event is similar to the Thomas Fire, which burned over 280,000 acres from December 2017 to January 2018 and is the ninth-largest wildfire in California history.

At 2:52 a.m. on Thursday, the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a wind advisory valid from 3 p.m. until Friday 3 a.m. for Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast and Santa Ynez Mountains Western Range.

Weather continues to be a limiting fishing factor for anglers on Monterey Bay. Daily high winds have cut some trips short, ...