here still -13C, feeling like -20C or so.

*California Dreaming*

This cover from a couple of weeks ago is a good example, as the snow barely reached two inches, and Britain was more “mildly inconvenienced” than “PARALYSED”. Still, it’s good for a laugh.

– Paul (Mr Candace)

Half the population perhaps of those that live relatively close to Santa Monica Bay, or those who can afford to park these days perhaps??? Nothing in the recent history of SoCal/LaLa, has matched the beach usage of the glory days of the Great Depression. I have a photo collection from that period (and sorry, no scanner or digcam) that documents the early days of ocean lifeguarding. There were times, during these same sorts of late-winter thaw, and hint of summer, daze, when you could not see any sand for the people. That includes most of the first hundred or so feet into the water as well. And given the position from where you took the above picture (quite close to where i used to live back in the late 60’s{returned to live several blocks north in the late 70’s}), some of the 30’s images i have, are of the beach upon which you stand.