“The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.” — Joan Didion There’s always been a black hole in the center of the California sunlight, and the Santa Ana winds blow through it. It’s ...

“Anything can happen” during a Santa Ana event, Raymond Chandler wrote in his 1938 short story Red Wind. Chandler’s bailiwick was the crime genre, and the Santa Ana winds were an augur of physical ...

Santa Ana winds usually occur between September and ... your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch." For Joan Didion, they blew "sandstorms out along Route 66, drying the hills and ...

Joan Didion. The dread carries over to music, too, and the shiny hits of the city’s recording studios. “Here come those Santa Ana winds again …” You can hear the line in your head ...

I’ve walked the streets of LA, its history as vivid as its fires. Now, the city burns, and its dreams smoulder in the ash ...

(AFP) Cold air, hot winds Santa Ana winds usually occur between September ... and make your nerves jump and your skin itch." For Joan Didion, they blew "sandstorms out along Route 66, drying ...

As fires have raged, so have citations of the prescient author Mike Davis. But in a changed world, we need new thinkers too.