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In San Fernando Valley, the highest recorded temperature was 121 °F (49 °C) on September 5, 2020. [35] The lowest temperature was 18 °F (−8 °C) on February 6, 1989. [46] Snowfall inside the city of Los Angeles is rare.
The history of the San Fernando Valley from its exploration by the 1769 Portola expedition to the annexation of much of it by the City of Los Angeles in 1915 is a story of booms and busts, as cattle ranching, sheep ranching, large-scale wheat farming, and fruit orchards flourished and faded.
The San Fernando Valley, [1] known locally as the Valley, [2] [3] is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, California.Situated northwards of the Los Angeles Basin, it comprises a large portion of Los Angeles, the incorporated cities of Burbank, Calabasas, Glendale, Hidden Hills and San Fernando, plus several unincorporated areas. [4]
Red flag warnings, which indicate critical fire weather and rapid spread should ignition occur, are expected to be in effect for large swaths of Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San ...
Some of the highest wind areas will likely be the San Gabriel Mountains, Santa Susana Mountains, western Santa Monica Mountains into Malibu, Ventura County valleys, and western San Fernando Valley ...
LOS ANGELES – Southern California is on alert for a ferocious return of fire danger as the National Weather Service issues its most urgent warning for extreme fire weather. Destructive Santa Ana ...
The Sepulveda Dam was built in 1941 to prevent the Los Angeles River from flooding the lower San Fernando Valley, Burbank and Glendale. Along the San Gabriel River, the Santa Fe Dam and Whittier Narrows Dam had both been proposed prior to 1938, but had little political support until the devastation of the 1938 flood, after which federal funds ...
The Santa Anas are katabatic winds (Greek for "flowing downhill") arising in higher altitudes and blowing down towards sea level. [7] The National Weather Service defines Santa Ana winds as "a weather condition [in southern California] in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific Coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions".