B6 WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2019 LATIMES.COM HLow Cold Front Jet StreamLPressure: TroughWarm Front High 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s Rain T-storm Snow IceTemps Taken at 3 p.m. Tuesday VENTURA CO. LOS ANGELES CO. RIVERSIDE CO. SAN BERNARDINO CO.
SANTA BARBARA CO. Good Sensitive peopleModerate Unhealthful for: All Not Available South Coast Air Quality Management District forecasts air quality Air quality SAN DIEGO CO. ORANGE CO. Today in Southern California Today in North America 5-day forecasts temperatures are average forecasts for entire zone. L.A.
Basin Valleys Beaches Mountains Deserts U.S. cities Surf and sea Santa Barbara Co. Height Period Direction Height Period Direction Height Period Direction Height Period Direction Height Period Direction Ventura Co. Los Angeles Co. Orange Co.
San Diego Co. POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICO Wind speed in knots; wave heights in in seconds; temperatures for California cities Tides Almanac UV index Sun and moon City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Hi Lo Station Time Wind Waves Temp L.A.
Outer Harbor, in feet. Tuesday downtown readings Minutes to burn for sensitive people Temperature Los Angeles Fullerton Ventura New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter June 9 June 17 June 3 May 26Los Angeles County Orange County Ventura County City Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo Sky World Key: Su sunny; Pc partly cloudy; Cy cloudy; Fg foggy; Prcp precipitation; Dr drizzle; Sh showers; Ts thunderstorms; rain; Sn snow; Sf snow flurries; I ice; Rs windy; Tr trace. Notes: National extremes are for NWS stations; excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Missing data indicated by Santa Barbara Ventura Oxnard Ojai Camarillo Santa Paula Westlake Village Woodland Hills Santa Monica Torrance Long Beach Newport Beach Santa Ana Laguna Beach San Clemente Mission Viejo Irvine Oceanside Escondido Poway Ramona San Diego Temecula Hemet Palm Springs Fullerton Chino Riverside Ontario Fairplex San Bernardino Yucca Valley Hesperia Whittier Hills LA Downtown UCLA Simi Valley Chatsworth Burbank Monrovia Santa Clarita Anaheim 69 68 70 57 67 54 67 50 58 51 58 50 Bakersfield 61 51 Tr 66 55 76 56 Barstow 71 54 66 51 73 50 Beaumont 60 47 56 46 60 45 Big Bear Lake 46 33 40 29 44 28 Bishop 68 34 62 44 66 35 Burbank 65 54 67 52 63 52 Camarillo 69 50 68 51 67 53 Chatsworth 69 54 68 50 62 51 Chino 69 51 65 49 65 49 Dana Point 63 53 64 56 62 53 Death Valley 89 67 80 70 80 67 Del Mar 62 60 62 52 62 48 Escondido 66 54 64 55 66 50 Eureka 58 50 .58 59 50 60 50 Fallbrook 65 53 64 54 63 48 Fillmore 72 47 67 50 63 50 Fresno 67 53 Tr 68 55 74 56 Fullerton 70 58 71 57 68 56 Hemet 61 49 .02 62 49 64 47 Hesperia 58 45 61 46 62 43 Huntington Beach 66 55 66 58 66 54 Idyllwild 45 38 49 40 55 41 Irvine 65 54 66 57 65 54 L.A.
67 58 Tr 69 56 66 54 L.A. Airport 66 56 67 56 66 55 Laguna Beach 70 54 64 57 63 55 Lancaster 63 48 61 45 66 45 Long Beach 69 58 Tr 69 57 65 56 Mammoth Lakes 48 32 48 31 51 28 Mission Viejo 64 48 65 55 64 53 Monrovia 62 54 .03 62 50 60 49 Monterey 61 52 .06 63 53 64 52 Mt. Wilson 42 36 53 37 52 39 Needles 84 60 71 56 79 62 Newport Beach 63 56 65 58 64 55 Northridge 71 54 66 50 62 50 Oakland 65 54 .21 68 54 69 54 Oceanside 68 50 Tr 64 53 64 50 Ojai 73 44 68 49 64 52 Ontario 66 56 Tr 67 54 66 54 Oxnard 67 51 66 52 65 53 Palm Springs 81 59 74 55 79 58 Pasadena 67 56 67 54 63 52 Paso Robles 67 47 .05 71 47 67 49 64 53 66 52 64 50 Poway 66 53 64 57 66 53 Redding 61 51 .36 79 57 83 53 Rialto 63 52 63 52 62 50 Riverside 68 51 61 47 63 46 Sacramento 69 51 Tr 76 53 76 53 San Bernardino 66 55 63 52 63 50 San Clemente Pier 59 55 64 57 63 53 San Diego 67 60 Tr 65 58 66 57 San Francisco 62 52 .09 67 52 69 53 San Gabriel 66 57 69 55 66 53 San Jose 62 50 .14 69 52 72 54 San Luis Obispo 64 51 .01 64 49 64 51 Santa Ana 66 55 67 57 66 56 Santa Barbara 70 50 Tr 70 51 64 53 Santa Clarita 64 52 67 50 63 50 Santa Monica Pier 64 56 66 55 65 54 Santa Paula 73 48 67 51 64 51 Santa Rosa 64 50 .05 75 51 75 51 Simi Valley 66 51 68 50 62 50 Tahoe Valley 43 32 .07 50 33 51 31 Temecula 64 53 61 51 62 47 Thousand Oaks 64 51 67 52 65 52 Torrance 65 53 65 55 65 54 UCLA 65 56 68 55 65 54 Van Nuys 68 54 68 53 65 52 Ventura 63 52 66 53 64 54 Whittier Hills 71 57 70 57 67 54 Woodland Hills 67 50 67 49 62 49 Wrightwood 50 34 47 39 50 41 Yorba Linda 69 54 67 54 65 53 Yosemite Valley 48 40 .28 53 38 54 36 Unsettled: One in a series of troughs will bring showers this morning, mainly in foothill and mountain locations and especially near the Kern County line. Snow could fall at unusually low elevations for May, with a mixture of rain and snow possible down to 4,500 feet. The precipitation will move out, leaving cool, breezy conditions this afternoon.
More showers are possible Thursday with another disturbance. Clouds, sun Partly sunny Partly sunny Showers Showers Warmer Partly sunny Showers Clouds, sun Clouds, sun Mostly cloudy Showers Partly sunny Showers Clouds, sun Partly sunny Some sun Partly sunny Mostly sunny Clouds, sun Scattered showers Scattered showers Scattered showers Windy this afternoonScattered showers Los Angeles Basin: Partly cloudy, cool and locally breezy with a chance of showers. Partly cloudy, cool and breezy with a chance of showers. Orange County: Mostly cloudy, then partly sunny with a chance of showers, especially in the mountains. Gusty winds at higher elevations.
Barbara: Partly sunny and breezy with a chance of mountain showers. San Diego County: Mostly cloudy with occasional rain and drizzle. Breezy at the coast and windy in the mountains. Local mountains: Mostly cloudy and windy with showers. Higher elevations may see a wintry mix.
High desert: Windy and cool with variable clouds and isolated, brief showers. Partly cloudy tonight. Low desert: Partly cloudy, windy and cool. A chance of brief showers. San Francisco Bay Area: Partly cloudy and cool with a chance of showers in the coastal mountains.
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Today Unseasonable: Cooler-than-normal temperatures will continue from California to New England as the jet stream strays south from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja. An active weather pattern will persist, with widespread precipitation across a large portion of the western U.S. High 99 in Edinburg, Texas Low 16 in Aspen Springs, Colo. Inner waters: Gale warning. Winds west at 20-30 knots, with higher gusts.
Combined seas of 3-7 feet. Surf zone: The potential for strong rip currents is high, except at beaches in southern Santa Barbara County, where it is moderate. Morro Bay 4p WNW15 Santa Barbara 4p WNW13 Ventura 4p W16 Zuma Beach 4p W17 Marina del Rey 4p W18 Hermosa Beach 4p W18 Cabrillo Beach 4p W16 Beach 4p W12 Newport Beach 4p W14 Dana Point 4p W12 San Clemente 4p W14 Oceanside 4p W14 Solana Beach 4p W15 Mission Beach 4p W15 Avalon 4p WNW15 a year ago Normal for date Record Record 24-hour total (as of 4 p.m.) Trace 0.00 0.00 Season total (since Oct. 1) 18.74 17.05 18.24 Last season (Oct. 1 to date) 4.72 3.09 6.92 Season norm (Oct.
1 to 13.40 16.18 Humidity Tuesday Today Thursday Tuesday Today Thursday Tuesday Today Tuesday Today Thursday Forecasts provided by AccuWeather, Inc. Today 3.4 Hi Lo 5.1 Hi 2.7 Lo Thu. 3.4 Hi 0.0 Lo Hi 3.0 Lo Precipitation Sun Moon Sun Moon Sun Moon Las Vegas, 45 Los Angeles, 10 Phoenix, 25 San Francisco, 10 Albuquerque 64 38 Tr 74 52 Pc Amarillo 74 45 83 61 Su Anchorage 56 45 61 46 Pc Atlanta 89 68 91 71 Pc Atlantic City 70 61 .07 68 58 Pc Austin 88 66 .14 92 77 Pc Baltimore 72 61 75 61 Pc Billings 45 41 .11 53 41 Birmingham 90 68 91 67 Su Boise 60 45 .64 62 48 Cy Boston 72 58 67 54 Su Brownsville 94 81 93 80 Buffalo 63 42 70 60 Pc Burlington, Vt. 62 47 .02 67 53 Pc Casper 38 29 .43 41 28 Sh Charleston, S.C. 94 71 88 69 Pc Charleston, W.Va.
73 53 89 68 Pc Charlotte 89 62 81 69 Cy Chicago 52 45 .06 81 62 Pc Cincinnati 70 50 Tr 85 67 Cy Cleveland 60 45 79 66 Ts Colo. Springs 42 32 1.09 54 35 Pc Columbia, S.C. 94 65 91 71 Su Columbus 65 47 85 66 Cy Concord, N.H. 65 52 Tr 70 47 Su 84 66 .18 87 74 Pc Denver 39 31 .70 49 34 Pc Des Moines 52 47 1.21 71 50 Pc Detroit 62 42 73 63 Sh Duluth 64 38 49 43 El Paso 80 54 91 64 Eugene 61 49 .22 70 50 Cy Fairbanks 73 42 Tr 75 52 Sh Fargo 70 41 53 43 Flagstaff 49 29 .03 44 27 Pc Grand Junction 63 42 .05 57 42 Sh Grand Rapids 63 39 78 63 Sh Green Bay 61 40 71 55 Cy Hartford 70 54 73 52 Su Helena 52 42 .05 57 39 Honolulu 88 73 .02 88 73 Su Houston 90 79 Tr 90 77 Pc Indianapolis 57 47 .18 80 66 Pc Jacksonville, Fla. 94 69 91 69 Su Kansas City 67 47 2.44 76 58 Pc Las Vegas 76 55 65 53 Pc Little Rock 88 70 .03 87 69 Cy Louisville 78 55 87 69 Cy Medford 54 46 .51 67 50 Sh Memphis 90 73 86 72 Pc Miami 90 77 89 77 Pc Milwaukee 54 44 74 58 Pc Minneapolis 61 48 .20 65 49 Nashville 91 60 90 70 Pc New Orleans 89 77 90 74 Su New York 71 57 73 59 Su Oklahoma City 74 61 3.50 81 69 Ts Omaha 55 49 .43 70 49 Su Orlando 92 70 92 70 Su Philadelphia 72 61 75 58 Pc Phoenix 83 57 75 57 Pc Pittsburgh 60 45 Tr 78 66 Ts Portland, Maine 64 56 67 47 Su Portland, Ore.
66 50 .05 74 54 Pc Providence 70 55 70 51 Su Pueblo 52 35 .80 66 39 Pc Raleigh 85 63 80 65 Pc Rapid City 40 32 2.10 45 30 Reno 59 44 Tr 60 47 Cy Richmond 79 63 78 60 Pc St. Louis 70 49 .89 87 70 Su Salt Lake City 55 47 .58 57 45 Sh San Antonio 90 69 .01 90 77 Pc San Juan, P.R. 90 79 .08 87 78 Sh Santa Fe 58 34 .02 70 46 Pc Seattle 63 50 .03 75 54 Su Spokane 67 44 71 49 Cy Springfield, Mo. 70 59 3.89 84 68 Su Tallahassee 93 64 94 70 Su Tampa 91 76 94 71 Su Tucson 81 50 78 53 Pc Tulsa 77 61 2.53 83 70 Ts Washington, D.C. 73 62 75 61 Pc Wichita 72 53 1.91 78 63 Ts Yuma 82 55 75 53 Pc Acapulco 90 72 .08 85 76 Pc Amsterdam 57 52 Tr 61 49 Su Athens 80 59 79 63 Cy Baghdad 101 68 103 76 Su Bangkok 99 82 .13 95 81 Ts Barbados 87 80 .04 87 81 Pc Beijing 89 52 95 60 Su Berlin 76 54 .11 61 48 Buenos Aires 61 53 .62 61 38 Pc Cabo San Lucas 84 65 81 63 Su Cairo 103 71 108 84 Su Calgary 46 39 .16 61 42 Cy Cancun 88 81 88 79 Pc Copenhagen 65 59 .68 63 48 Sh Dublin 60 37 57 47 Cy Edinburgh 59 48 .40 59 45 Pc Frankfurt 59 54 .62 65 46 Pc Geneva 66 52 69 47 Su Havana 90 70 91 71 Pc Ho Chi Minh City 95 81 .27 92 79 Ts Hong Kong 83 77 .91 85 79 Ts Istanbul 81 63 77 62 Pc Jerusalem 86 66 91 69 Su Johannesburg 74 51 70 48 Su Kabul 83 53 73 54 Cy Kingston 88 81 87 78 Pc London 70 50 68 49 Pc Madrid 80 55 83 56 Cy Manila 95 84 .29 94 81 Cy Mecca 102 72 104 83 Su Mexico City 86 57 82 58 Pc Montreal 61 46 .04 69 51 Pc Moscow 76 46 77 57 Pc Mumbai 92 84 91 84 Hz New Delhi 108 81 104 80 Hz Oslo 73 52 .42 67 48 Ts Paris 68 50 70 51 Cy Rio de Janeiro 82 73 .02 86 71 Su Rome 67 55 .02 68 54 Ts Seoul 75 54 76 54 Su Stockholm 77 54 76 51 Pc Sydney 80 57 75 59 Su Taipei City 79 72 86 71 Pc Tehran 85 70 .23 78 59 Pc Tokyo 73 64 1.48 75 62 Pc Toronto 64 41 62 49 Pc Vancouver 63 50 .15 68 53 Su Vienna 65 46 .09 61 51 Ts Winnipeg 73 36 53 41 Cy Zurich 55 52 .89 64 44 7 sec WNW 7 sec WNW 8 sec WNW 8 sec 9 sec WNW Las Vegas Seattle Los Angeles Denver Houston Miami New York Chicago Anchorage LagunaWoods, driving in whatused tobeknownas off-peakhoursboth coming andgoing.But theonly off-peakhours left inSouth- ernCalifornia arebetween2 and4a.m., andeven thena SigAlert is not out of the question.
My soulwas suckedout ofmybodyon the 405South, ormaybe itwas the 605 North. I recall, and not even sure adif- ference, really. I felt lost in bothdirections, andeager topunch somebody, like thosehooligans fromthe City ofCommerce. Maybe I shouldhave taken the train.Butwill transit everworkaround here? ATimes story on the multibillion-dollar remak- ing ofUnionStation, aimed inpart at improving transit connections, noted that Metro ridershiphasbeen sinking. Doyou see theproblem there? Wehave invested, and will continue to invest, a fortune in transit.
Agood idea if youaskme, at least in principle.Butpartly be- cause ofUber andLyft, lots of peoplehavedecided they prefer the convenience of gigdrivers tobusdrivers. and Lyft drivers arepawns in a scheme thatput cabbies out ofworkandnow thegig drivers are rebellingbe- cause they afford to livehere. Someof themare living in their cars, accord- ing to aTimes storyby JohanaBhuiyan, andwhen youcanbebothapartici- pant in theneweconomy andmadehomeless by it, pitchfork time. Iwanted tomarchon Sacramentomyself last weekwhenSenateBill 50 diedaquiet death.As I noted ina recent column, called for moredensity andmore housingnear perfect. Itmight even have fueled rather than slowedgentrificationand rising rents in someareas.
But in a refreshingde- parture fromnormal public policy ideas, itwasbold rather thanmeek, and it couldhavebeen tweaked. Unfortunately it crashed without even coming to a votewhenSen.Anthony Portantino Flintridge), chair of the SenateAppropriations Committee, shelved it be- cause local zoning control wouldhavebeendimin- ished, amongother con- cerns. Sonowour fearless leaders tell have to wait until next year to try again. Wait aminute.This is May, notDecember. Is Sacramento so inept that abill18months in the makingnowhas to sit around for nearly eight moremonthsbefore anyone canget back toworkon it? is noway to sugar-coatwhathappened here.This is a legislative author, Sen.
ScottWiener (D-SanFran- cisco), toldme thisweek. one thing if a bill gets voteddownon the floor. theDemocratic process all ac- countable for our votes on critically important Tobedeniedavote, Wiener said, very frus- trating, and I think for a lot ofCalifornians, theywonder if theLegislature is serious about addressing thehous- ing Gov.GavinNewsom, for his part, saidhewasdisap- pointed thebill stalled. No, In his disappointment. Leadership ismore than anice suit andagoodhair- sodo something.
Call Portantino, orSenate PresidentProTemToni Atkins (D-SanDiego), and tell themtoget back towork today insteadof eight months fromtomorrow. Thankspartly to years of too little, too late fromL.A. city andcounty are in themiddle of a HOUSINGEMERGENCY here.More people are sackedout in tents, alleys and riverbeds. gotmore campers thanKOA, andat leastKOA hasbathrooms. I suppose possible that the combinationof gridlock, lowwages and unaffordable housingwill get sobad thatpeoplewill upand leave.
But I doubt it. L.A. has toomuchgoing for the culture, the climate, the scene, and too manypeoplewilling to celebrate those thingswhat- ever the cost. Thatmeans theproblemswill only get worsewithout radical lead- ership, and Iherebyappoint myself king ofCalifornia for at least as longas you con- tinue reading. beginwith traffic.
Another rail extension here, another bus line there. Sure, andmaybeElonMusk can tweakhis underground highwayhallucinationonce his electric car company burns out gotmore timeonhis hands. But all play, pumpingpollution, destroy- ing theplanet and living on year-roundwildfire alert. California is burningand this is no time for fiddling. Iwill wipe out gridlock overnight by imposinga mandatory odd-evendriv- ing lockdown.
If youare a noncommercial driver and your licenseplate endswith anevennumber, you drive onanoddday, and vice versa.Witha vanity plate, you drive at all. Stayhome.Use transit. Ride abike.Walk.Carpool. Get caught cheatingand a $1,000 ceeds going to the expan- sionofmass transit, which, by be free for everyoneuntil further no- tice. Onhousing, therewill be amassive statewidework- forcehousingprogram for teachers, nurses anda dozenotherprofessions chosenby local committee.
Housing assistancewill be paid forwith a tax, at the timeof sale, on everyhome- ownerwhohasmade $500,000 ormore in equity thanks to zoning restric- andProposition13. Becauseboth theafford- able housing shortage and traffic insanity arepartly causedbypopulation growth, I seenoway to avoid massdeportation. Nearly one-third ofCali- voters cast a vote for DonaldTrump in 2016, and as far as I can tell by their correspondencewithme, every oneof themhates livinghere. They correctly note that the problemsare stackedat the feet of the Democratswho run the state, but hadan interesting gimmick sinceArnoldSchwarzeneg- gerdroppedawreckingball on the car tax, andeven that backfired. A taxonwhiningwould nodoubtpush someof theseTrumpsupporters over the edge, andwe should also consider a levy on top earners among Trumpvoters for the cost of all the legal battlesCali- forniahaswaged to combat efforts to turnback the leadership on environmental safeguards.
Thesepeople belong in a place they have to carpand moanabout statepolitics all the time, but still be able to findagoodcantina, hire cheap immigrant labor andkeep complaining aboutborder crashers. ThekingofCalifornia has spoken. Pleasehold your ap- plause. steve.lopez@latimes.com How a king might solve L.A.’s top problems CARS creep along the 105 near the 405 interchange. practically no such thing as off-peak hours.
Al Seib Los Angeles Times from.