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Key:Susunny;Pcpartly cloudy;Cycloudy;Fg
foggy;Prcpprecipitation;Drdrizzle;Hz;hazy
Shshowers;Tsthunderstorms;Rrain;Snsnow;
Sfsnow flurries;Iice;Rsrain/snow;Wwindy;
Trtrace.Notes:National extremes are for NWS
stations; excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Missing data indicated by “xx”.Santa
Barbara
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Hills
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Beach Newport
BeachSanta AnaLaguna
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ClementeMission ViejoIrvineOceansideEscondidoPowayRamonaSan DiegoTemeculaHemet Palm
SpringsFullertonChino
RiversideOntarioPomona/
Fairplex San BernardinoYucca ValleyHesperiaWhittier
HillsLA DowntownUCLASimi ValleyChatsworth
Burbank MonroviaSanta ClaritaAnaheim 94 71 -- 89 64 82 64
Avalon/Catalina 80 65 -- 79 59 69 59
Bakersfield 98 73 -- 96 62 84 59
Barstow 103 75 -- 103 67 95 62
Beaumont 94 66 -- 93 54 83 53
Big Bear Lake 77 52 -- 73 42 70 37
Bishop 94 53 Tr 96 52 88 48
Burbank 94 72 -- 88 61 81 61
Camarillo 86 66 -- 86 58 85 59
Chatsworth 99 71 -- 91 60 84 60
Chino 99 66 -- 95 59 86 58
Dana Point 80 67 -- 79 64 74 63
Death Valley 115 87 -- 114 84 104 77
Del Mar 77 71 -- 78 66 74 66
Escondido 94 70 -- 90 62 81 58
Eureka 70 59 -- 66 57 67 56
Fallbrook 93 67 -- 86 61 78 57
Fillmore 95 62 -- 89 55 82 56
Fresno 10072 -- 9260 8560
Fullerton 93 72 -- 88 66 81 65
Hemet 99 67 -- 98 56 87 56
Hesperia 96 70 -- 93 57 86 53
Huntington Beach 82 68 -- 78 66 76 65
Idyllwild 84 56 -- 83 53 76 55
Irvine 88 70 -- 84 66 78 64
L.A. D’ntown/USC93 73 -- 87 64 79 62
L.A. Int’l. Airport 84 71 -- 80 64 78 64Laguna Beach 88 68 -- 79 67 75 65
Lancaster 99 69 -- 97 61 86 58
Long Beach 93 72 -- 85 65 79 65
Mammoth Lakes 79 46 -- 79 36 73 33
Mission Viejo 97 66 -- 86 65 79 62
Monrovia 96 69 -- 86 61 79 61
Monterey 73 58 -- 69 59 69 57
Mt. Wilson 82 xx -- 81 56 76 56
Needles 112 88 -- 112 81 103 76
Newport Beach 80 70 -- 78 66 75 66
Northridge 99 70 -- 96 60 88 59
Oakland 71 61 -- 71 59 74 58
Oceanside 86 64 -- 85 61 78 58
Ojai 96 62 -- 88 54 82 55
Ontario 98 71 -- 93 61 85 62
Oxnard 79 67 -- 81 59 82 60
Palm Springs 112 84 -- 109 73 102 72
Pasadena 96 72 -- 89 62 81 61
Paso Robles 99 59 -- 86 50 85 51
Pomona/Fairplex 98 69 -- 94 60 84 59
Poway 97 67 -- 86 65 79 63
Redding 94 59 -- 88 57 87 57
Rialto 97 73 -- 94 60 84 58
Riverside 99 70 -- 95 57 86 55Sacramento 91 60 -- 80 57 84 58
San Bernardino 99 73 -- 96 60 85 57
San Clemente Pier 88 63 -- 81 64 75 62
San Diego 85 71 -- 80 67 75 66
San Francisco 71 60 -- 71 58 74 58
San Gabriel xx xx -- 90 62 83 61
San Jose 76 60 -- 73 59 76 58
San Luis Obispo 85 57 -- 74 53 76 53
Santa Ana 90 73 -- 84 68 79 68
Santa Barbara 79 61 -- 86 54 86 55
Santa Clarita 97 70 -- 94 59 87 59
Santa Monica Pier 83 69 -- 80 63 75 62
Santa Paula 92 62 -- 86 56 79 56
Santa Rosa 84 56 -- 81 54 86 54
Simi Valley 92 66 -- 89 58 83 56
Tahoe Valley 77 49 -- 76 35 68 35
Temecula 96 69 -- 93 57 81 53
Thousand Oaks 89 70 -- 85 58 79 57
Torrance 83 66 -- 81 62 78 62
UCLA 85 70 -- 83 63 77 62
Van Nuys 98 72 -- 94 61 85 61
Ventura 78 67 -- 80 58 80 60
Whittier Hills 99 68 -- 89 65 81 63
Woodland Hills 99 66 -- 98 58 90 58
Wrightwood 77 59 -- 81 55 74 52
Yorba Linda 97 68 -- 90 63 82 62
Yosemite Valley 90 64 -- 83 50 74 49Cooler and drier:An upper-level trough passing through the Pacific Northwest will promote onshore
flow.Thatwillcauseacoolingtrend,withdrier,morestableair,althoughwarmreadingswillcontinue
today. Sundowner winds will strengthen this afternoon and tonight in southern Santa Barbara County,
and those gusty, warm, downslope winds will combine with low humidities to elevate the fire danger.Partly sunny 79/
Partly sunny 80/
Partly sunny 78/
Some sun 80/Some sun 84/
Some sun 84/
Some sun 79/
Some sun 83/Cooler 75/
Partly sunny 76/
Partly sunny 75/
Partly sunny 75/Sunny 70/
Sunny 70/
Sunny 68/
Sunny 67/Sunny 102/
Sunny 99/
Sunny 97/
Sunny 98/Sunny Sunny and breezy Sunny Sunny SunnyLos Angeles Basin:Sunny.
Mostly clear tonight. Mostly
sunny and cooler on
Sunday.
Valleys/canyons:Sunny.
Mostly clear tonight. Mostly
sunny and cooler on
Sunday.
Orange County:Partly
sunnyandmild.Mostly
clear tonight with patchylowcloudslate.Lowclouds,
then sun on Sunday.
Ventura/Santa Barbara:
Mostly sunny and mild with
abreezyafternoon.Clear
and cooler tonight. Partly
sunny and breezy on
Sunday.
San Diego County:Mostly
sunnyandmild.Patchylow
clouds and fog later tonight.Low clouds, then sun on
Sunday.
Local mountains:Mostly
sunny and windy. Mostly
clear tonight. Mostly sunny
and cooler on Sunday.
High desert:Sunny with a
breezy afternoon. Windy
and cooler tonight. Sunny,
windy and cooler on
Sunday.Low desert:Sunny and
warm. Mostly clear and
breezy tonight. Sunny,
breezy and cooler on
Sunday.
San Francisco Bay Area:
Morning low clouds and
coastal drizzle, then partly
sunny and breezy this
afternoon.Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
WednesdayTodayDorian departs:Heavy rain and strong winds will affect Cape Cod
and parts of eastern New England. Rain will soak the northern
Plains, while thunderstorms occur in parts of the Rockies and
Southwest. The southern Plains and Southeast will remain hot.High115 in Death Valley
Low23 at Bodie State Historic Park, Calif.Innerwaters:Winds variable, becoming
west-northwest at 15-20 knots with
gusts to 25 knots. Wind waves 2-4 feet.
Surf zone:The potential for strong rip
currents is moderate, except at beaches
in southern Santa Barbara County,
where it is low.
Morro Bay 4p W15 7/11 60/
Santa Barbara 4p W8 5/9 67/
Ventura 4p WSW8 6/9 67/
Zuma Beach 4p W9 6/11 68/
Marina del Rey 4p SW8 5/10 67/
Hermosa Beach4p WSW6 4/10 68/
Cabrillo Beach 4p WSW6 4/10 68/
Hunt’n. Beach 4p WSW6 4/11 67/
Newport Beach 4p WSW6 4/11 70/
Dana Point 4p WSW4 5/11 72/
San Clemente 4p WSW6 4/12 72/
Oceanside 4p WSW4 5/12 75/
Solana Beach 4p W4 5/12 75/
Mission Beach 4p W6 5/12 70/
Avalon 4p WNW6 4/10 69/High/low 93/73 93/72 78/
High/low a year ago 76/66 84/65 66/
Normal high/low for date 84/64 86/65 76/
Record high/date 102/1955 101/2013 90/
Record low/date 48/1898 56/2005 47/24-hour total (as of 4 p.m.) 0.00 0.00 0.
Season total (since Oct. 1) 18.82 17.22 18.
Last season (Oct. 1 to date) 4.72 3.11 6.
Season norm (Oct. 1 to date)14.74 13.71 16.
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Moon 3:22p/12:42aLas Vegas, 25
Los Angeles, 25
Phoenix, 25
San Francisco, 30Albuquerque 94 67 -- 91 65 Pc
Amarillo 94 62 -- 94 67 Su
Anchorage 63 49 -- 57 51 Sh
Atlanta 95 69 -- 95 69 Su
Atlantic City 70 68 .14 81 64 Pc
Austin 101 73 -- 101 70 Pc
Baltimore 72 68 Tr 83 61 Su
Billings 73 65 .03 69 49 Pc
Birmingham 91 60 -- 95 66 Su
Boise 83 66 .14 88 62 Su
Boston 68 59 -- 69 59 R
Brownsville 94 80 Tr 93 78 Ts
Buffalo 74 53 .02 70 55 Sh
Burlington, Vt. 76 52 -- 68 54 Cy
Casper 92 61 .08 82 46 Su
Charleston, S.C. 92 73 Tr 94 75 Su
Charleston, W.Va. 82 57 .11 79 57 Su
Charlotte 93 72 -- 92 67 Su
Chicago 72 62 -- 76 60 Pc
Cincinnati 83 54 -- 77 58 Su
Cleveland 76 50 -- 72 59 Pc
Colo. Springs 85 66 .09 83 57 Ts
Columbia, S.C. 94 77 -- 97 71 Su
Columbus 79 52 -- 76 57 Pc
Concord, N.H. 68 45 -- 65 49 Pc
Dallas/Ft.Worth 100 75 -- 100 75 Pc
Denver 84 66 .15 87 57 Pc
Des Moines 82 63 -- 78 60 Cy
Detroit 72 57 .01 75 57 Pc
Duluth 77 57 Tr 63 48 Cy
El Paso 98 74 -- 95 73 Su
Eugene 80 61 .05 72 57 Cy
Fairbanks 66 40 -- 68 50 Pc
Fargo 74 50 -- 60 49 Cy
Flagstaff 85 53 -- 81 49 Su
Grand Junction 97 70 -- 91 63 Cy
Grand Rapids 68 57 .04 73 52 Cy
Green Bay 68 59 .01 71 49 Cy
Hartford 68 54 .05 72 54 R
Helena 73 63 .02 71 49 Ts
Honolulu 92 80 .15 92 80 Sh
Houston 99 76 -- 100 73 Su
Indianapolis 79 58 Tr 77 60 Su
Jacksonville, Fla. 96 72 -- 98 71 Su
Kansas City 84 67 -- 81 66 Pc
Las Vegas 106 83 Tr 105 77 Su
Little Rock 99 73 -- 91 71 Su
Louisville 91 63 -- 81 62 Su
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Memphis 94 70 -- 89 70 Su
Miami 96 80 -- 92 79 Pc
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Most are charming
wooden structures that, like
the libraries, look like
houses. They share the
libraries’ take-something-
leave-something approach.
But instead of books, Little
Free Pantries — often
placed in more-public loca-
tions — offer up non-perish-
able food and other neces-
sities such as toothpaste
and toothbrushes, tam-
pons, school supplies, socks.
The aim is to help people
without red tape or restric-
tions or records, and to do
so without judgment and
without inducing shame.
I’m always interested in
the moment when someone
decides to take action in-
stead of just worrying about
our big problems from the
sidelines. When I first
started hearing about local
pantries this summer, what
I most wanted to know was
who had started them and
why.
That’s how I came to be
on Tara Duffy’s Burbank
back porch this week, to
hear about the pantry she
put up outside her church
last year. And it’s how I
learned about other grass-
roots activism burbling up
in Burbank, about the many
people of modest means
who are working to
strengthen their communi-
ty.
Many of us, I think, mean
to help others in greater
need but don’t. Our busy
lives swallow us up. Or we
decide that as individuals
we can’t accomplish much
— so we send a check some-
where, or mean to and keep
saying to ourselves that we
will.
Duffy told me that’s how
she was until one day in 2015,
when she was on the 101 on
her way to work. Two exits
from her office, a semi
smashed into the back of
her car and upended her
comfortable world.
She had to have surgery
after surgery to repair her
back and neck. She had
crash-induced PTSD and
had to leave her job as a
marketing coordinator.
She’d played soccer since
childhood and had been
playing in four local leagues
— but the semi kicked soc-
cer permanently out of
bounds for her. She could no
longer lift her daughter,
Annabelle, who was 3 years
old at the time.
With the terrible pain
and the budget strain when
she had to leave work, no
one would have blamed
Duffy if she had just holed
up and concentrated on
getting her family through
each day.
Instead, she reevaluated
her life.
“And I felt like our world
is in a pretty cruddy place
and it felt very insurmount-
able — and I wanted to do
something to give back.”
First she started attend-
ing services at South Hills
Church, a nondenomina-
tional modern ministry that
promises its congregation
“relatable and practical
messages from the Bible”
and has a strong communi-
ty service ethic to show for
it. “It was all about un-
abashed love, give if you can
and here’s how,” Duffy told
me.
She joined in the
church’s “Love the 818”
program, which looks for
ways to help Burbank. She
found great satisfaction in
the accomplishment of
hands-on projects such as
sprucing up an elementary
school’s previously drab
teacher’s lounge.
But Duffy wanted to do
more — and she kept think-
ing about the Magnolia
Park Mamas, a Burbank
group she was part of on
Facebook.
“Every now and then a
mom would ask for help.
She needed diapers or she
needed food or she needed
something to make it to the
end of the month or the next
check,” Duffy said. “And
whenever they would ask, it
seemed to me like they felt
some shame. The communi-
ty would always rally and be
like, ‘Yes, of course,’ and it
was beautiful. But I felt like,
‘What if there was a way
they could just get that
access without having to feel
that shame?’ ”
She started thinking
about Little Free Libraries
and about possibly repur-
posing the idea. Surfing the
web she discovered that
others already were doing
so. (The pantry movement
is being loosely led by Jes-
sica McClard, who started a
Little Free Pantry in Fay-
etteville, Ark., in May 2016,
and whose website offers a
lot of practical advice as well
as a gallery of some of the
nearly 700 pantries world-
wide that she has mapped
so far.)
Duffy’s pastor supported
her desire to start a pantry
and was happy to have her
put it on church property.
She reached out to her
broad Burbank circle and
found many people who
wanted to help. Other local
movements she also had a
toe in overlapped, such as
Buy Nothing Burbank,
through which people ex-
change items for free. Duffy
was able to redirect such
free offerings as extra dia-
pers to her pantry shelves.
Bags meant for the pantry
began showing up at her
front door — some from
neighbors trying to combat
their own food waste.
She and Annabelle, who
is 7 now, and Annabelle’s
3-year-old brother, Ash,
check on the pantry to-
gether each Sunday when
they go to church.
“And if we have some-
thing to put in, we put it in,”
Duffy said. “I think it’s a
great example for them that
no one’s safe, no one’s ex-
empt from bad things hap-
pening — and that if people
need support, we can do
things to help them.”
She told me she hoped
the idea would create a
ripple, and that more
pantries would soon start
sprouting up.
Some already have, with
their own origin stories.
Josh Omidi, a 16-year-old
junior at Beverly Hills High,
told me his family hands out
sandwiches on skid row
every Thanksgiving. But he
started a pantry in front of
his Coldwater Canyon Drive
house last year to provide
more constant help closer to
home. He worries, he said,
particularly about kids, and
makes sure to stock pencils,
pens, notebooks and bind-
ers that they might need for
school.
Adam Karell, 39, said he
and his wife, Monica, 36, first
built a Little Free Library
outside their Burbank
home, and then he made her
a Little Free Pantry for her
birthday because they like
exchanging acts rather than
conventional gifts. He got
permission to place the
pantry at the Little White
Chapel not too far from
their home — and just a
couple of blocks from where
Duffy lives, though they
haven’t crossed paths.
Other people keep the
pantry stocked, Karell said.
“We just can’t keep up with
the demand on our own.”
But he and his wife are
proud that they put it out in
the world as an inspiration
for others.
“I like to think that they
drive by it and it just makes
them think of doing some-
thing nice for someone,” he
told me.
Or perhaps of another
good idea.
How a few free pantries led to a bountiful spread
THE LITTLE Free Pantry started by Tara Duffy at
South Hills Church in Burbank. She and her children
check it each Sunday when they go to church.
Brian van der BrugLos Angeles Times
‘I think it’s a great
example for them
that no one’s safe,
no one’s exempt
from bad things
happening.’
— Tara Duffy,
Burbank
[City Beat,from B1]