High wind warnings went into effect Wednesday morning for parts of Los Angeles County with strong gusts in the forecast for the rest of the week. The high wind warnings will be in effect until 8 p.m.

Powerful Santa Ana winds whipped across Southern California early Friday, rattling the San Fernando Valley and prompting warnings that damaging gusts could last through Sunday afternoon in parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

Los Angeles County is under a wind advisory which was released by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 1:59 a.m. The advisory is valid for Thursday, Jan. 8 between 4 a.m. and 9 p.m.

Thousands of homes were reduced to rubble, with rebuilding slow, and the death toll showed how a wildfire under extreme weather conditions can turn catastrophic.

Southern California is closing out the year with even more crazy weather. The region was pummeled by torrential rains and now powerful Santa Ana winds are blowing through with a bang. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory, with a high wind warning in effect for several more wind-prone areas.

Rebuilding has commenced but many Palisades and Altadena residents can’t yet return home one year after the 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires.

With a wind speed of up to 80 mph, a brief tornado traveled for about one-third of a mile in Boyle Heights, a neighborhood on L.A.'s Eastside, just after 10 a.m.

At 1:59 a.m. on Wednesday, the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA released a wind advisory valid for Thursday between 4 a.m. and 9 p.m. The advisory is for Santa Clarita Valley, Malibu Coast, Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Recreational area,