RESIDENTS SURPRISED BY DRIZZLE UNSEASONABLE WEATHER TO PERSIST OVER WEEKEND.Byline: SUE DOYLE Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- Driving a public bus on a route through Santa Clarita, Mary Davis has practically seen it all, but Friday something caught her off guard: rain in August. ``It was really a change,'' Davis said. ``It seems like fall to me.'' Early morning drizzle that swept through the area Friday is expected to return again today and Sunday, with low clouds hanging from the skies, keeping the typically sizzling siz·zle intr.v. siz·zled, siz·zling, siz·zles 1. To make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat. 2. To seethe with anger or indignation. 3. area cool and breezy, said Ken Clark, Accuweather's senior weather meteorologist. Shifting weather patterns have pushed July's screaming hot weather east. And now, instead of getting hot air blasts from the desert, cool breezes from the Pacific Ocean are wafting over Santa Clarita, Clark said. However, Friday's unusual rain kept some inside. When Newhall's Esmeralda Barrios Barrios is a name of Hispanic origin. The name may refer to: Persons
``It was weird. It's supposed to be hot,'' Barrios said. ``It's not time to be raining now.'' Morning raindrops, however, had little effect on freeway traffic. In fact, the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. reported 20 fewer incidents Friday morning than it did at the same time a week ago. A collision between two big rigs closed the southbound Interstate 5 truck lanes at the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. from about 9:15 a.m. to about 11 a.m., but officials didn't immediately know whether it was related to the rain. On July 28, from 4 to 10 a.m., the agency received 422 calls about traffic incidents, broken-down cars and debris on roadways, said CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Officer Joe Zizi. But don't expect the cool blast to last. While weekend temperatures should hover in the mid-80-degree range, the area's naturally hot temperatures will return Monday and Tuesday. Both are expected to be mid-90-degree days, Clark said. That comes as mixed news to 16-year-old Kyle Serrecchia. On summer vacation Summer vacation (also called summer holidays or summer break) is a vacation in the summertime between school years in which students are off for 3 months, depending on the country and district. , the Saugus High School Saugus High School may refer to:
But at the same time, Serrecchia said that as the hot weather begins to blow out of town, it's a sign for school to start again. ``I don't want summer to end,'' he said with a sigh. ``I want the heat to end, though.'' sue.doyle(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5254 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Raindrops rest on a group of leaves in Canyon Country on Friday morning. Alex Collins/Special to the Daily News |
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