Tag: weather
Heat Beats On San Fernando Valley
BRENTWOOD—Several cities have reached triple digit temperatures in the San Fernando Valley since August 9. Such cities included Brentwood, Woodland Hills, Studio City, Sherman...
Warm Weather Confuses Dormant Plants
UNITED STATES—Climate is what makes gardening so excellent here. It is just warm enough in summer for plants that like a bit of heat,...
Current Weather A Result Of Tropical Storm Dolores
CALIFORNIA—The current rainfall in southern California is an effect of Tropical Storm Dolores, which began south of Acapulco, Mexico on July 12.
Dolores has continued...
Dolores To Bring Dangerous Weather To SoCal
MALIBU―Although Tropical Storm Dolores is not expected to make landfall in California, there is a strong possibility of thunderstorms along with dangerous surf and possible...
Brush Fire In Malibu Caused By Fatal Crash
MALIBU—On Monday, June 22, a car crashed on Malibu Canyon Road, falling over the side of a hill, causing a small brush fire and...
Firefighters Battle 10-Acre Blaze
WOODLAND HILLS—On June 19 at around 1:15 p.m. officials responded to a 10-acre brush fire near the 24000 block of Welby Way in the Woodland Hills...
Summer Is Not For Planting
UNITED STATES—Autumn is the time for planting. Cooling weather slows plants down so that they do not mind disruption so much. Increasing rain (hopefully)...
Kicking Off Summer
UNITED STATES—I’m not sure what it is about the month of May that seems to open so many horizons for the summer months. Could...
Mild Weather Is Still Problematic
UNITED STATES—It is amazing that so many orchards are so productive in California, and that so many similar orchards had formerly been productive in...
405 Traffic In Brentwood Stalled
BRENTWOOD—On Thursday, May 14 the 405 Freeway near Brentwood came to a stand-still. A crash on the freeway caused northbound traffic to be backed up...
Wind Uproots Massive Tree, Crushing Moving Car
BEVERLY HILLS—Violent wind up to 55 mph wreaked havoc across Los Angeles on March 24 and continued into Wednesday morning, knocking out power in thousands...
Brush Fire Closes PCH In Malibu
MALIBU—Recent rainstorms have not alleviated the threat of local brush a fires, as a nine-acre blaze closed PCH in both directions for nearly three hours...
Some Plants Need To Chill
UNITED STATES—It is easy to snivel about the weather when it gets uncomfortable for us. The rain gets too wet. The temperature gets too...
