Santa Ana winds increased Monday morning, prompting Gas & Electric to began a new set of Public Safety Power Shutoffs across the county, affecting just under 1,000 customers with the potential to reach over 80,

Dry and windy conditions are in the forecast Monday and through mid-week in San Diego County, with critical fire weather expected for valleys, coastal mountain slopes, and chances of light rain west of the mountains next weekend,

San Diego Gas & Electric more than doubled the number of customers whose power has been shut off Tuesday as Santa Ana winds began booming inland and spreading to coastal area. Through 1:45 p.m., 5,620 customers had lost power,

Scores of residents were urged to flee as fast-moving fires hurtled through bone-dry brush in Bonsall and Mission Valley Tuesday

The National Weather Service has extended a Red Flag Warning until Friday morning for San Diego County's inland valleys and mountains.

San Diego Gas & Electric resumed public safety power shutoffs in stretches of San Diego’s backcountry overnight into Tuesday as a Red Flag Warning for critical fire danger took hold.

This weekend's cool temperatures and higher humidity are expected to give way to more Santa Anas and a new red flag warning Monday.

Red flag warnings are in effect until Thursday for parts of Los Angeles, Ventura and San Diego because of low humidity and relentless Santa Ana winds.

Los vientos explotaron en intensidad antes del amanecer del martes y mantuvieron gran parte de su fuerza en el día.

NWS' 3:40 a.m. advisory indicates winds were blowing northeast at speeds between 25 to 35 mph, with gusts up to 60 mph.

NBC 7's Greg Bledsoe was forecasting that the winds would pick up Monday evening, then peak overnight into Tuesday morning, with isolated gusts possibly reaching 80 mph