North of the 118 Freeway in the northern San Fernando Valley, wind speeds hit 74 mph in Browns Canyon early Thursday, and east of the Cajon Pass near the Cloudland Truck Trail they hit 77 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

So how does a family of Presbyterians from the Central Valley wind up growing a niche citrus fruit that has been part of the Jewish tradition going back millennia?

That good old Fraser River Valley wind from Canada is doing its icy thing this week, knocking temperatures down into the 20s and giving us a good chance for some snow that sticks around later this week.

In the San Fernando Valley, wind gusts peaked at 50 miles per hour, Kittle said.

And, really now, only college football could hone the exquisite breed of fan such as those from Clemson and LSU, who, unaware of the illegality and unseemliness of extracting rocks from Death Valley, wind up dialing Death Valley National Park to ask whether Death Valley National Park might please send them a rock.