Southland

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Sun comes out after storm barrels through Southland

  The still soggy Southland got dumped on by another storm system. A sunny Christmas Day brought out joggers in shorts and tee shirts in the Media City, however, dark clouds rolled in during the late evening bringing rain and gusty winds. At 8:30 p.m. Christmas night, rain was pounding Burbank and would continue to do so, off and on, for several hours. Early this […]
Friday, December 24, 2010

Christmas Eve lottery jackpot $168 million!

The Mega Millions jackpot is bulging with holiday money — at least $168 million! For weeks now players have been unable to pick all six winning numbers in the Mega Millions game. Same goes for last Tuesday’s draw.  However, four tickets bought in California came pretty close — every winning number except the Mega Ball. Each ticket is worth $195,910.  One of those lucky tickets was […]
Friday, December 17, 2010

Umbrella time — several storms headed our way

Your umbrella will probably be your constant companion over the next few days. Rain is in the forecast through next Thursday — which means a whole lot of folks will be scrambling to finish up their holiday shopping under stormy skies. Weather watchers are saying a series of strong Pacific storms will batter Southern California with winds and periods of […]
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Media City weather outshines the other Burbank

Sunny and warm in the Media City today with highs in the mid-70s. Even warmer temperatures are expected later on in the week. Yes, this is what December can feel like in the Southland.   Meanwhile in Burbank, Illinois today, folks are dealing with high temps in the mid-20s. Tomorrow, they have a 30 percent chance of snow.  Brrrrrr!!! It’s almost winter and […]
Saturday, November 27, 2010

Stormy Saturday evening in Burbank & most of the Southland

All of a sudden rain is pounding Burbank.  Sure showers were in the forecast, but the weather was mild and sunny for most of the day. Then a cold front rolled into the Southland late this evening. Chilly temperatures tonight, 30s and 40s, in the Media City. Also, along with the showers some 15 to-25 mph winds.   When I looked outside at the falling […]
Saturday, November 20, 2010

Stormy weather in the Southland

Stormy skies over the weekend for Burbank and the rest of the Southland, according to the weather watchers. The rain rolled in late last night. This morning, the major freeways were littered with wrecks, toppled vehicles, and pockets of backed-up traffic.  The forecast is for steady rain, heavy at times, throughout the day and much of the evening. There’s a flash […]
Thursday, November 11, 2010

Sunny, clear, and very windy

  Luckily, I didn’t open up an umbrella this morning while standing in the driveway or I might have done the Mary Poppins thing.  The weather watchers say we’re getting gusts between 40-60 mph today with winds 20-to-30 mph. The winds felt more powerful than that in my neighborhood. In Burbank around 7 a.m., the winds were howling and roaring through the hillside […]
Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Brown, Newsom, Gatto, Prop. 19 & other election results

Attorney General Jerry Brown will be moving to the governor’s office very soon. Brown has been declared the winner over his strong Republican and big-money challenger, Meg Whitman, in yesterday’s General Election. The latest figures from the Secretary of State’s Office give Brown 53.7 percent of the vote and and Whitman 41.3 percent. A check of the statewide voting map shows Whitman […]
Wednesday, November 3, 2010

A scorcher in November

A blazing hot day on tap for the Media city today. At 10 a.m., it’s already 80 degrees in Burbank. The weather forecast is for a high in the mid-to-upper 90s!  Yes, we’re deep off into fall, but we’re getting another reminder of what a gorgeous summer day feels like in the Southland. I was out before nine this morning and saw a […]