Today is the winter solstice — the shortest day of the year, and the start of winter. From here on out, the days will be getting longer. The winter solstice is really an event — the point at which the sun reaches the most southern point in the sky. It happened at 12:11 p.m. ET today.
On this the first day of winter, Burbank is enjoying mild temperatures — and the beginning of a warm-up. Today’s high the low 60s by Wednesday, December 25, the temperature will kick up into the 70s with plenty of sunshine.
Fronnie Lewis is the editor of mediacitygroove.com. She has an extensive background in newsgathering and writing, including more than two decades as a newswriter at KNBC-TV Los Angeles. She graduated from Stanford University, where she studied journalism and broadcast news.
