Santa Ana winds are expected to pound Southern California this weekend, from Friday through Saturday.
Offshore winds are expected to begin ramping up on Friday, ranging from 25 to 45 mph in Los Angeles County with gusts up to 60 mph in some of the mountainous and less populated areas of Ventura County, according to the National Weather Service.
Wind gusts could reach advisory levels of 45 mph across the western parts of the south coast on Thursday, according to the weather service. By the early afternoon, winds of 40 to 50 mph were developing across the Antelope Valley and the foothills…