Articles for California Heat

Introducing our original grill seasoning L.A. Asada and michelada salt Salty Angeleno
3 months, 1 week ago

Introducing our original grill seasoning L.A. Asada and michelada salt Salty Angeleno

LA Times  

I can’t get enough of my California Heat. Please say hello to L.A. Asada Backyard Grill Seasoning, an original smokey mix to marinate carne asada or for grilling veggies; and Salty Angeleno Michelada Seasoning Salt, our original L.A. Times Food salt and spice blend, perfect for one of our city’s favorite unofficial cocktails — an ice-cold michelada. Hallock noted that …

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Heat waves, wildfires and now … snow? California endures a summer of extremes
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Heat waves, wildfires and now … snow? California endures a summer of extremes

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An unusually cold weather system from the Gulf of Alaska interrupted summer along the West Coast on Saturday, bringing snow to mountains in California and the Pacific Northwest and prompting the closure of part of a highway that runs through a national park. Parts of Highway 89 through Lassen Volcanic National Park in California were shut down …

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Thompson, California wildfire evacuees allowed to return home as containment soars to 29%
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Thompson, California wildfire evacuees allowed to return home as containment soars to 29%

Hindustan Times  

Thousands of people evacuated during a Northern California wildfire were allowed to return home Thursday afternoon as crews continued battling flames amid scorching heat, officials said. An extended heat wave blanketing Northern California has resulted in red flag fire warnings and power shutoffs. The “vast majority” of the 17,000 people under evacuation orders or warnings were able to go home, …

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A dangerous heat wave is blanketing California this week (and into next)
5 months, 3 weeks ago

A dangerous heat wave is blanketing California this week (and into next)

LA Times  

It’s Tuesday, July 2. The National Weather Service is warning that dangerously high temperatures will blanket much of Northern California and the Central Valley, along with Southern California’s inland valleys and mountains and southwestern deserts. Other expected high temperatures this week include: Up to 121 degrees in the Coachella Valley and San Diego County deserts 105 to 115 degrees in …

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Major heat wave expected to broil much of California over Fourth of July week
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Major heat wave expected to broil much of California over Fourth of July week

LA Times  

A beachgoer leaps over a breaking wave while heading into the water with her body board at Balboa Pier in Newport Beach earlier this month. A major heat wave expected across California over Fourth of July week is already prompting heat warnings for much of the state, with triple-digit temperatures forecast and little overnight relief. Daniel Swain, a UCLA climate …

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Punishing heat dome to worsen over California, West and send temperatures to dangerous highs
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Punishing heat dome to worsen over California, West and send temperatures to dangerous highs

CNN  

CNN — A brutal heat dome is ramping up and sending temperatures to dangerous levels in California and the West in what is the region’s first significant heat wave of the year. July-like high temperatures will top out at 20 to 25 degrees above normal in multiple Western states this week and could break several daily record high temperatures. Phoenix; …

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Summer heat is coming to California — how hot will it be where you are?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Summer heat is coming to California — how hot will it be where you are?

LA Times  

MacKenzie Bergman, 4, of Hesperia, left, and Charlie Young, 12, of Eastvale, center, play in the sand while camping with their families at Dockweiler State Beach in Play del Rey. A high-pressure system is moving across the Utah, Oregon and Nevada region and is expected to reach inland areas of California, according to the National Weather Service. A strong onshore …

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Obsessed with chili crisp? Our version delivers that California Heat
1 year, 2 months ago

Obsessed with chili crisp? Our version delivers that California Heat

LA Times  

California Heat was inspired by chili crisp. L.A. Times Food collaborated with single-origin spice company Burlap & Barrel to create California Heat. How we made California Heat Chili crisps and hot sauces sparked the idea for a base of chile powder and flakes and crunchy aromatics like garlic and shallots. California Heat spice blend includes a mix of jalapeño, chipotle …

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How heat waves spread wildfires in California -- even when it isn’t windy
1 year, 4 months ago

How heat waves spread wildfires in California -- even when it isn’t windy

LA Times  

If you live near the coast, wildfire season starts with Southern California’s notorious Santa Ana winds, which usually arrive in the fall. “During a typical heat wave, it is common to see mixing heights between 10,000 and 15,000 feet across inland areas, and sometimes as high as 20,000 feet during major heat waves, such as what we saw during the …

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Thunderstorms may cool ‘heat dome,’ but hot weather will be back in SoCal this weekend
1 year, 4 months ago

Thunderstorms may cool ‘heat dome,’ but hot weather will be back in SoCal this weekend

LA Times  

The sun sets on a playground lighthouse at Marina Park in Newport Beach on July 19. Southern California will see cooler temperatures and possibly thunderstorms this week, getting a reprieve from the “heat dome” that has broiled the region for weeks. High pressure has remained situated over the Southwest for the past few weeks, resulting in a persistent heat dome …

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Southern California has baked for much of July, but the heat could finally ease soon
1 year, 4 months ago

Southern California has baked for much of July, but the heat could finally ease soon

LA Times  

Much of Southern California has spent almost all of July under heat advisories, breaking multiple high-temperature records, but as the month enters its final days, some relief could be in store. “Today’s going to be the last of really high heat for the L.A. Basin,” Joe Sirard, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Oxnard, said Friday. “Finally we’re going to …

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‘Heat dome’ will hit Southern California with triple-digit highs, fire danger
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Heat dome’ will hit Southern California with triple-digit highs, fire danger

LA Times  

Beachgoers take in the ocean mist Tuesday as the sun sets on Huntington Beach. A “heat dome” settling over Southern California is expected to intensify through the weekend, bringing temperatures into the triple digits and elevating wildfire danger. “It’s a run-of-the-mill heat wave.” The hot conditions are caused by an area of high pressure aloft over Southern California that began …

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Column: Could extreme heat be just what California needs to finally solve homelessness?
2 years, 3 months ago

Column: Could extreme heat be just what California needs to finally solve homelessness?

LA Times  

Kim Burrell gives a bottle of water to Freddie Ramirez in Sacramento on Sept. 6. “These days are extreme examples of what is wrong and broken in the first place,” said Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, a longtime champion for a legal right to shelter and healthcare. “If extreme weather can help drive the change that is necessary, then let’s take …

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California heat waves are getting worse. Blame the vicious ‘heat dome’
2 years, 3 months ago

California heat waves are getting worse. Blame the vicious ‘heat dome’

LA Times  

The high-pressure system over most of California is expected to bring record-breaking temperatures, part of a “self-perpetuating” system that is becoming more extreme as climate change worsens. The extreme temperatures that will bear down on California over the next week are the result of a “heat dome,” a phenomenon that typically brings broiling conditions to the state as summer fades …

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How McKinney fire became an unstoppable monster: Extreme heat, death, destruction
2 years, 4 months ago

How McKinney fire became an unstoppable monster: Extreme heat, death, destruction

LA Times  

It was the perfect storm of factors for a deadly wildfire, experts say — extreme heat, dense and dry vegetation, and erratic winds and lightning brought on by persistent thunderstorms. As the 55,000-acre McKinney fire continued to burn in steep and difficult terrain in Klamath National Forest on Monday, emergency crews encountered increasingly grim evidence of the wildfire’s extraordinary and …

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Monster Northern California fire explodes, threatens multiple communities
2 years, 4 months ago

Monster Northern California fire explodes, threatens multiple communities

LA Times  

A fast-moving wildfire near the California border with Oregon continued to rage out of control Sunday, burning tens of thousands of acres and prompting evacuation orders for neighboring communities. The McKinney fire is burning through heavy, drought-stressed timber in steep terrain in the Klamath National Forest west of Yreka, said Caroline Quintanilla, a public information officer. Mott, who works in …

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California heat waves have a shocking death toll
3 years, 2 months ago

California heat waves have a shocking death toll

LA Times  

A man cools down in the splash pad area of the North Hollywood Pool on a day in June when the temperature reached 89 degrees. First I want to tell you about an in-depth investigation we’re publishing today, focused on another grave danger that is also tied to fossil fuels: extreme heat. We asked the state health department if they …

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Californian fires are mirroring Australia's Black Summer, experts say, driven by record drought and heat
4 years, 3 months ago

Californian fires are mirroring Australia's Black Summer, experts say, driven by record drought and heat

ABC  

Ken Pimlott once commanded a firefighting army. Key points: Record drought and heat are driving fires in the United States and Australia US firefighters are handling dozens of fires, but historically their most destructive fires are in October "Total war on fire" has been lost, one fire scientist says But even he concedes that this mighty force is being overwhelmed …

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