Firefighters increased containment of Ventura fire. People have been allowed bak into 1,000 evacuated homes. But 130 buildings have been destroyed.

Santa Anas are dry, warm and gusty northeast winds that blow from the interior of Southern California toward the coast and offshore, moving in the opposite direction of the normal onshore flow that carries moist air from the Pacific. They typically occur during the fall months and continue through winter and into early spring.