I just drove home from Laurel Canyon to Koreatown at 1AM, it was the warmest Santa Ana night I can ever remember and lots of wind. Recipe for disaster, of course, and it got a lot cooler when I got to about Melrose heading south. Could it be heat from the fires I was feeling?? Spooky.
Here is a shot at sunset today looking west down Melrose from in front of the Improv, lots of ash:
