ICY BLASTS CHILL VALLEY FLOOR, HILLS.Byline: Erik N. Nelson Staff Writer The feel of winter blew into Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, on Tuesday with cold air and blustery blus·ter v. blus·tered, blus·ter·ing, blus·ters v.intr. 1. To blow in loud, violent gusts, as the wind during a storm. 2. a. To speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner. winds that sent Southland residents digging for coats and sweaters that should come in handy Verb 1. come in handy - be useful for a certain purpose be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" during today's continued chill. Downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or went from a low of 43 degrees Tuesday morning to a high of only 64 around lunchtime. The normal low for Nov. 27 is 51 degrees and the high 70. Today's lows in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. are expected to dip into dip into Verb 1. to draw upon: he dipped into his savings 2. to read passages at random from (a book or journal) Verb 1. the mid-30s in the upper foothill areas and continue in the 40s throughout the rest of the Valley. Relief of sorts is expected Thursday, when low temperatures will creep back into the mid-50s under mostly cloudy skies, bringing a chance of rain. Northeast winds on Tuesday buffeted Cheeseboro Canyon with gusts reaching 53 mph, officials said. While no records were set Tuesday, Lancaster residents shivered through a low of 24 degrees - only 2 degrees colder than the low atop Mount Wilson, where the high was only 37 degrees. Officials reminded residents that colder weather means bringing pets indoors and looking after tropical and other warm-weather plants. Young citrus trees and the flowering Hawaiian plumeria are among the flora that will need to be moved indoors, if possible, or covered with a blanket or plastic tarp if they are rooted in the ground, said Julia Tyler, co-owner of Alvarez Gardens in Sun Valley. As for the old grapefruit tree in the back yard, don't worry. ``The big ones probably won't get hurt. It's the young trees that are tender and would get hurt,'' manifested by browning leaves, Tyler said. The cold weather and high winds made the beach a tricky place for recreation, warned Los Angeles County lifeguard Capt. Dan Atkins of the Malibu-Zuma lifeguard station. |
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