Joan Didion There’s always been a black hole in the center of the California sunlight, and the Santa Ana winds blow through ... of essays “Slouching Towards Bethlehem” without at least ...

There’s always been a black hole in the center of the California sunlight, and the Santa Ana winds blow through ... of essays “Slouching Toward Bethlehem” without at least one eye on the ...

At the first prediction of a Santa Ana, the Forest Service flies men and equipment from northern California into the southern forests, and the Los Angeles Fire Department cancels its ordinary ...

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the wildfires in Los Angeles, and the words of writers who were drawn to the city.

a native California writer, said in her 1968 book of essays, Slouching Toward Bethlehem. "(T)he violence and the unpredictability of the Santa Ana affect the entire quality of life in Los Angeles ...

Slouching Towards Bethlehem: There is something uneasy in the Los Angeles air this afternoon, some unnatural stillness, some tension. What it means is that tonight a Santa Ana will begin to blow ...