Riverside County calls for long-term cleanup of Santa Ana River bottom to prevent wildfires It's an area known for frequent, out-of-control wildland fires, especially during Santa Ana wind events.

But for what it is. Now. No, the Santa Ana River will never be a Kern, Columbia, Colorado or Mississippi river. It does not thunder from vast mountain gorges. Huge barges do not float down its ...

Orange County residents know the Santa Ana River as little more than a concrete or rock-lined channel, good for moving storm water to the ocean but not exactly a magnet for wildlife.

The Santa Ana River offers lessons in local ecology, environmental stewardship and connection. Most of us have childhood memories that capture our enthusiasm and appreciation for water in the heat ...

COLTON >> What had once been a rapidly moving section of Santa Ana River was reduced to a pond with many fish.Many of them were the endangered Santa Ana sucker that were being forced into a s… ...

The Santa Ana River, born of snowmelt and natural springs near Big Bear Lake, flows through Southern California as one of the region's most scenic rivers — until it hits Orange County.

Riverside City Fire Department firefighter Gabriel Sanchez carefully walks through bamboo shrubs as firefighters battle a brush fire burning in the Santa Ana River bottom near Anza Narrows Park in ...

A vegetation fire in the river bottom was contained Tuesday morning but continued to smoke as firefighters worked to fully extinguish it.

Ten years ago, street gangs and homeless people claimed the Santa Ana River Bikeway as their own. Graffiti marred the concrete walls along the urban pathway. Makeshift homeless camps cropped up ...