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HighTemps –0 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100+ Rain T-storm Snow IceTaken at 3 p.m. WednesdayVENTURA CO.LOS ANGELES CO.RIVERSIDE CO.SAN BERNARDINO CO.SANTA
BARBARA CO.Good Moderate Unhealthful for: Sensitive people All Not Available
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SAN DIEGO CO.ORANGE CO.Today in Southern California Today in North America
5-day forecasts
High/low temperatures are average forecasts for entire zone.
L.A. Basin Valleys Beaches Mountains DesertsU.S. cities
Surf and sea
Santa Barbara Co.
Height Period DirectionHeight Period DirectionHeight Period DirectionHeight Period DirectionHeight Period DirectionVentura Co.Los Angeles Co.Orange Co.San Diego Co.POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICOWind speed in knots; wave heights in feet/intervals in seconds;
temperatures for sea/airCalifornia cities
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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 LoStation Time Wind Waves TempL.A. Outer Harbor, in feet.Wednesday downtown readingsMinutes to burn for
sensitive peopleTemperature Los Angeles Fullerton Ventura Today’s rise/setFirst QuarterFull MoonLast QuarterNew MoonSept. 13Sept. 21Sept. 5Los Angeles County August 30Orange CountyVentura CountyCity Hi Lo Prcp. Hi Lo SkyWorld
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
VenturaOxnardOjaiCamarilloSanta PaulaWestlake
Village Woodland
Hills
Santa MonicaTorrance
Long
Beach Newport
BeachSanta AnaLaguna
Beach San
ClementeMission ViejoIrvineOceansideEscondidoPowayRamonaSan DiegoTemeculaHemet Palm
SpringsFullertonChino
RiversideOntarioPomona/
Fairplex San BernardinoYucca ValleyHesperiaWhittier
HillsLA DowntownUCLASimi ValleyChatsworth
Burbank MonroviaSanta ClaritaAnaheim 86 69 -- 89 67 89 66
Avalon/Catalina 78 67 -- 78 66 79 65
Bakersfield 10279 -- 9871 9768
Barstow 108 78 -- 107 74 108 74
Beaumont 92 65 -- 95 62 97 60
Big Bear Lake 82 52 -- 81 47 81 45
Bishop 102 58 -- 101 55 100 56
Burbank 86 67 -- 91 67 91 66
Camarillo 80 65 -- 81 64 79 62
Chatsworth 90 66 -- 93 66 93 65
Chino 92 64 -- 96 64 97 62
Dana Point 74 68 -- 77 65 77 63
Death Valley 121100 -- 116 88 114 83
Del Mar 72 69 -- 75 67 76 67
Escondido 87 68 -- 89 64 89 63
Eureka 69 57 -- 66 55 65 53
Fallbrook 83 66 -- 85 62 86 60
Fillmore 90 60 -- 90 63 90 63
Fresno 10374 -- 9867 9867
Fullerton 83 70 -- 88 69 88 67
Hemet 91 64 -- 99 63 101 62
Hesperia 95 67 -- 97 62 98 62
Huntington Beach 78 69 -- 79 67 78 66
Idyllwild 86 58 -- 89 65 91 66
Irvine 80 69 -- 83 67 83 65
L.A. D’ntown/USC86 70 -- 87 67 87 66
L.A. Int’l. Airport 80 70 -- 79 68 79 66Laguna Beach 81 71 -- 78 68 79 67
Lancaster 98 69 -- 99 70 101 69
Long Beach 79 70 -- 85 69 84 67
Mammoth Lakes 86 45 -- 85 43 86 44
Mission Viejo 83 65 -- 86 66 87 65
Monrovia 89 66 -- 87 67 89 67
Monterey 71 60 -- 71 57 69 58
Mt. Wilson 80 69 -- 82 62 85 62
Needles 113 91 -- 113 88 115 86
Newport Beach 72 69 -- 78 68 78 67
Northridge 90 66 -- 95 65 95 65
Oakland 73 61 -- 75 60 73 59
Oceanside 79 69 -- 83 64 82 61
Ojai 89 59 -- 88 62 88 62
Ontario 92 67 -- 95 68 95 66
Oxnard 75 65 -- 75 63 74 62
Palm Springs 111 83 -- 111 81 113 82
Pasadena 90 67 -- 91 66 92 66
Paso Robles 90 59 -- 93 55 95 54
Pomona/Fairplex 91 65 -- 94 64 95 62
Poway 88 65 -- 83 66 83 66
Redding 100 72 -- 95 65 97 62
Rialto 92 67 -- 96 65 97 64
Riverside 93 66 -- 96 63 98 62Sacramento 88 63 -- 88 60 91 59
San Bernardino 95 69 -- 97 65 98 62
San Clemente Pier70 69 -- 79 65 78 64
San Diego 76 69 -- 78 69 79 69
San Francisco 77 59 -- 74 60 74 59
San Gabriel 83 69 -- 92 67 94 66
San Jose 78 61 -- 80 58 80 57
San Luis Obispo 80 57 -- 78 55 78 54
Santa Ana 79 71 -- 83 70 83 68
Santa Barbara 72 62 -- 78 59 77 58
Santa Clarita 88 65 -- 95 65 95 65
Santa Monica Pier77 67 -- 80 66 79 65
Santa Paula 88 59 -- 87 63 87 62
Santa Rosa 77 56 -- 79 53 84 52
Simi Valley 89 62 -- 90 64 91 63
Tahoe Valley 85 47 -- 80 41 81 40
Temecula 87 64 -- 94 62 95 59
Thousand Oaks 84 61 -- 86 63 86 62
Torrance 82 67 -- 80 65 80 64
UCLA 78 68 -- 83 65 83 64
Van Nuys 90 67 -- 94 67 94 67
Ventura 75 63 -- 74 62 74 61
Whittier Hills 87 67 -- 90 67 89 66
Woodland Hills 92 64 -- 97 63 98 63
Wrightwood 82 64 -- 83 63 85 61
Yorba Linda 88 65 -- 90 65 91 64
Yosemite Valley 95 62 -- 87 58 87 59Morning coastal clouds:Upper-level high pressure centered over the Desert Southwest will keep
temperatures warmer than normal for the next few days. A shallow marine layer will be mainly
confined to the immediate coast each morning. Locally gusty northwest winds are expected tonight
and Friday evening across the western portion of the Santa Barbara County south coast.Sunny 87/
Sunny 87/
Sunny 92/
Sunny 90/Sunny 93/
Sunny 95/
Sunny 100/
Sunny 95/Partly sunny 79/
Partly sunny 79/
Partly sunny 83/
Partly sunny 83/Sunny 81/
Sunny 82/
Sunny 82/
Sunny 77/Mostly sunny 113/
Sunny 114/
Sunny 110/
Sunny 102/Sunny Sunny Partly sunny Sunny Partly sunnyLos Angeles Basin:Low
clouds and patchy fog at
thecoast,thensunnyand
seasonable.
Valleys/canyons:Sunny
and warm. Mostly clear
tonight. Mostly sunny and
warm on Friday.Orange County:Low clouds
and fog along the coast,
then sunny and seasonable.
Ventura/Santa Barbara:
Morning low clouds and fog
along the coast, then sunny
and warm.
San Diego County:Morninglow clouds and patchy fog,
then sunny and warm.
Local mountains:Sunny
and warm. Mosty clear
tonight. Mostly sunny and
warm on Friday.
High desert:Sunny and hot
todayandFriday.Mostlyclear and warm tonight.
Low desert:Sunny and hot
todayandFriday.Mostly
clear tonight.
San Francisco Bay Area:
Morning low clouds and fog
giving way to sun. Warm in
the inland valleys.Friday
Saturday
Sunday
MondayTodayStormy:Thunderstorms, potentially with damaging winds, will
affect the Great Lakes and central Plains. The Southwest and the
southern Plains can expect scattered thunderstorms. The
Northwest will be cooler, and sunshine will return to the Northeast.High121 in Death Valley
Low24 in Stanley, IdahoInnerwaters:Winds becoming west at
10-15knots.Windwaves1-4feetwith
west and south swells of 2 feet.
Surf zone:The potential for strong rip
currents is moderate at beaches in L.A.,
Orange and San Diego counties, and
low in Ventura and southern Santa
Barbara counties.Morro Bay 4p WNW6 4/17 60/
Santa Barbara 4p SW4 1/16 66/
Ventura 4p SW4 1/16 69/
Zuma Beach 4p WSW4 1/16 70/
Marina del Rey 4p SW4 2/16 72/
Hermosa Beach4p WSW6 2/16 70/
Cabrillo Beach 4p WSW4 2/16 69/
Hunt’n. Beach 4p WSW4 1/16 69/
Newport Beach 4p WSW4 1/16 70/
Dana Point 4p WSW4 1/16 72/
San Clemente 4p W4 1/16 74/
Oceanside 4p W4 1/16 74/
Solana Beach 4p W4 1/16 74/
Mission Beach 4p WNW4 1/16 73/
Avalon 4p W4 2/16 70/High/low 86/70 83/70 75/
High/low a year ago 81/65 84/66 72/
Normal high/low for date 85/64 86/65 76/
Record high/date 99/1995 100/2015 89/
Record low/date 52/1902 62/2010 50/24-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)14.69 13.66 16.
Humidity (high/low) 81/52 78/52 90/Wed. Today Friday Wed. Today FridayWednesday TodayWed. Today FridayForecasts provided by
AccuWeather, Inc.©Today 9:42a 4.8 Hi 3:21a -1.0 Lo
9:09p 6.9 Hi 2:59p 1.4 Lo
Fri. 10:17a 5.1 Hi 3:59a -1.0 Lo
9:55p 6.8 Hi 3:47p 1.0 LoPrecipitationSun 6:24a/7:23p
Moon 5:20a/7:18pSun 6:23a/7:22p
Moon 5:19a/7:17pSun 6:28a/7:28p
Moon 5:23a/7:23pLas Vegas, 25
Los Angeles, 25
Phoenix, 25
San Francisco, 30Albuquerque 94 68 Tr 96 67 Ts
Amarillo 92 67 -- 96 68 Su
Anchorage 68 51 -- 67 51 Pc
Atlanta 90 71 -- 88 65 Su
Atlantic City 76 70 .11 83 65 Su
Austin 99 75 -- 98 73 Su
Baltimore 82 68 Tr 83 59 Su
Billings 95 52 -- 81 58 Pc
Birmingham 89 72 Tr 88 62 Su
Boise 97 60 -- 95 64 Pc
Boston 75 63 .52 81 64 Pc
Brownsville 100 82 Tr 99 78 Su
Buffalo 79 68 .18 73 63 Su
Burlington, Vt. 80 68 .54 79 57 Pc
Casper 90 39 -- 88 52 Su
Charleston, S.C. 88 75 Tr 89 69 Cy
Charleston, W.Va. 82 69 .11 80 58 Su
Charlotte 90 71 .03 84 60 Su
Chicago 75 59 -- 84 59 Ts
Cincinnati 80 62 -- 82 65 Su
Cleveland 80 64 -- 79 67 Su
Colo. Springs 87 53 -- 92 59 Pc
Columbia, S.C. 88 74 .03 89 61 Su
Columbus 80 63 -- 81 66 Su
Concord, N.H. 83 59 .69 82 53 Pc
Dallas/Ft.Worth 94 74 -- 89 73 Ts
Denver 92 51 -- 92 58 Su
Des Moines 80 54 -- 86 58 Su
Detroit 78 62 Tr 80 64 Pc
Duluth 70 53 .02 72 47 Pc
El Paso 97 76 -- 98 73 Ts
Eugene 99 58 -- 83 58 Su
Fairbanks 60 52 Tr 63 42 Cy
Fargo 72 50 Tr 71 46 Pc
Flagstaff 86 51 -- 83 54 Ts
Grand Junction 96 56 -- 95 63 Pc
Grand Rapids 72 60 Tr 81 58 Ts
Green Bay 68 57 -- 79 50 Ts
Hartford 79 61 .25 83 55 Su
Helena 91 49 -- 78 56 Pc
Honolulu 91 74 -- 91 78 Pc
Houston 95 77 .29 94 76 Ts
Indianapolis 79 59 -- 82 66 Su
Jacksonville, Fla. 92 75 .70 91 74 Pc
Kansas City 81 56 -- 86 68 Su
Las Vegas 110 88 -- 108 82 Su
Little Rock 87 70 -- 88 64 Su
Louisville 84 64 -- 86 67 Su
Medford 94 67 .01 92 60 Su
Memphis 88 72 -- 89 66 Su
Miami 96 82 Tr 89 79 Ts
Milwaukee 75 59 .02 83 58 Ts
Minneapolis 74 57 Tr 77 53 Pc
Nashville 88 69 Tr 86 62 Su
New Orleans 95 79 -- 93 77 Pc
New York 74 66 .10 84 66 Su
Oklahoma City 87 68 -- 88 70 Ts
Omaha 83 56 -- 89 61 Su
Orlando 91 76 Tr 90 75 Ts
Philadelphia 85 66 .03 82 64 Su
Phoenix 109 91 -- 107 88 Su
Pittsburgh 80 68 .52 77 64 Su
Portland, Maine 73 59 .29 79 58 Pc
Portland, Ore. 98 64 -- 83 62 Sh
Providence 75 61 .46 84 59 Pc
Pueblo 94 59 -- 100 61 Su
Raleigh 88 69 Tr 85 59 Su
Rapid City 82 41 -- 76 50 Su
Reno 99 66 -- 93 58 Su
Richmond 86 69 .04 85 59 Su
St. Louis 84 62 -- 88 71 Su
Salt Lake City 96 62 -- 93 69 Pc
San Antonio 100 77 Tr 99 77 Su
San Juan, P.R. 86 79 .46 89 79 Ts
Santa Fe 92 62 -- 92 58 Ts
Seattle 89 66 -- 74 63 PcSpokane 92 56 -- 81 62 Pc
Springfield, Mo. 85 63 -- 86 69 Su
Tallahassee 92 73 -- 95 69 Pc
Tampa 92 79 .27 93 77 Ts
Tucson 102 82 .63 99 77 Ts
Tulsa 88 65 -- 87 73 Pc
Washington, D.C. 84 70 .02 84 64 Su
Wichita 85 61 -- 89 71 Pc
Yuma 108 83 -- 107 81 PcAcapulco 94 79 .09 89 79 Ts
Amsterdam 77 66 .38 73 55 Pc
Athens 90 81 -- 91 74 Su
Baghdad 117 88 -- 117 85 Su
Bangkok 93 81 .12 90 78 Ts
Barbados 88 81 .08 87 79 Pc
Beijing 88 69 -- 87 65 Su
Berlin 91 68 .02 84 63 Ts
Buenos Aires 79 63 -- 69 46 Ts
Cabo San Lucas 86 75 .13 90 78 Pc
Cairo 95 77 -- 98 76 Su
Calgary 63 55 Tr 64 44 Cy
Cancun 90 77 -- 91 75 Pc
Copenhagen 79 68 .15 75 58 Ts
Dublin 64 54 .04 67 56 Sh
Edinburgh 66 57 .02 64 54 Cy
Frankfurt 91 66 .01 85 63 Ts
Geneva 82 64 .03 80 61 Ts
Havana 90 73 -- 88 71 Ts
Ho Chi Minh City 93 79 .16 86 78 Ts
Hong Kong 95 84 .01 90 81 Ts
Istanbul 86 75 -- 85 71 Su
Jerusalem 86 70 -- 85 71 Su
Johannesburg 77 52 -- 75 50 Su
Kabul 98 60 -- 95 63 Su
Kingston 90 81 .04 89 77 Ts
London 77 64 .25 76 55 Pc
Madrid 88 61 -- 92 64 Pc
Manila 90 77 .04 88 78 Ts
Mecca 106 84 -- 105 78 Su
Mexico City 78 57 .09 76 54 Ts
Montreal 70 68 .50 76 60 Pc
Moscow 63 48 -- 71 49 Su
Mumbai 88 79 .19 88 80 Cy
New Delhi 97 82 -- 93 82 Ts
Oslo 68 55 .26 67 51 R
Paris 85 64 -- 78 57 Pc
Rio de Janeiro 79 68 -- 79 65 Pc
Rome 84 68 -- 84 69 Pc
Seoul 86 72 .54 83 66 Pc
Stockholm 79 59 -- 75 58 Ts
Sydney 68 52 .24 57 53 R
Taipei City 93 77 -- 95 80 Pc
Tehran 97 77 -- 94 72 Su
Tokyo 84 75 .24 89 80 W
Toronto 81 63 .01 75 62 Su
Vancouver 73 55 -- 73 60 Hz
Vienna 88 70 -- 87 68 Ts
Winnipeg 72 48 .02 67 47 W
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67/kicked up controversy.
One of the harshest
critics was the Legislature’s
Jewish caucus. In a letter to
the state Education Depart-
ment’s Instructional Qual-
ity Commission, which
managed the project, the
caucus called the proposed
curriculum “inaccurate and
misleading in several criti-
cal respects” and contended
it was “drafted in a manner
that reflects an anti-Jewish
bias.”
The draft discusses
Islamophobia, the caucus
noted, but “omits any mean-
ingful discussion of anti-
Semitism.”
Other organizations
representing Armenians,
Greeks, Hindus and Kore-
ans also complained, pro-
testing that they weren’t
included in the curriculum.
Then there was the eye-
rolling glossary with such
unconventional “words” as
“cisheteropatriarchy,”
“hxrstory,” and “xdisci-
plinary.” You’d think most
high schoolers have enough
trouble mastering normal
English without being con-
founded with this arrogant
lingo.
“I was taken back by the
jargon,” says Assemblyman
Jose Medina (D-Riverside),
whose bill would make
ethnic studies a required
subject. “I’m a high school
teacher. I wouldn’t find that
vocabulary helpful to my
students in clarifying
things.”
There’s also a troubling
definition of capitalism that
includes this observation:
“Research has shown that
native people and people of
color are disproportionately
exploited within the sys-
tem.”
But it should also be
noted that poor people have
always been exploited,
whether they’re of color or
white. Think “Okie” migrant
farmworkers during the
Great Depression.
Maybe those hardships
— white people exploiting
white people — should be
studied, along with the
racist, horrific ways Cali-fornia treated Asian immi-
grants for nearly a century,
and people of color were
legally discriminated
against in housing until the
late 1960s.
The highly opinionated
draft curriculum seemed
more provocative than
informative. And that’s the
last thing we need in this era
of volatile polarization,
much of it stemming from
resistance to foreign im-
migration, illegal and
legal.
“As a teacher,” Medinasays, “I want to be able to
allow my students to make
up their own minds on is-
sues. We provide informa-
tion and let students draw
conclusions. I don’t want to
tell students how to think. I
want them to think for
themselves.”
Medina, 66, whose par-
ents migrated to California
from Panama, taught ethnic
studies, Chicano studies
and history. He also sat on
the Riverside Community
College board. He currently
is chairman of the AssemblyHigher Education Commit-
tee.
Medina’s bill that would
require every student to
take ethnic studies easily
passed the Assembly 63 to 8
in May. But he has shelved it
until next year, after the
model curriculum is re-
written.
Should ethnic studies be
required?
“If we can get this right,
then yes,” says Sen. Ben
Allen (D-Santa Monica),
chairman of the Jewish
caucus and a former mem-ber of the Santa Monica-
Malibu school board.
It’s as important for
white kids to take as stu-
dents of color, he says. It
could help all teens better
understand one another
and ease dangerous ten-
sions.
Also, when students of
color learn more about their
ethnicities, it makes them
feel better about themselves
and school, Allen and Me-
dina say.
OK, that makes sense.
But what other course
should be taken off the
required list to make room?
None, Medina says. He
notes there’s no social
studies course being taught
in ninth grade. Perhaps
ethnic studies could fit in
there.
Sure, but that would
mean one less elective.
There goes debate, music —
or journalism.
Why couldn’t ethnic
studies just be folded into
upgraded history courses?
“I would not mind it,”
Medina says. “But the sad
reality is that in the last 50
years, it hasn’t happened.
And I don’t have too much
hope it will. Traditionally,
our education has been
Eurocentric.
“Therefore it’s necessary
that we require ethnic stud-
ies.”
Fine. Require it in the
ninth grade.
But first rewrite the
curriculum in common
English. Make it unifying,
not divisive. Lay off the
biases and pour on the facts.
Simply and calmly.Rewrite divisive ethnic studies curriculum
PROFESSORElias Serna, who teaches English at the University of Redlands, joins a rally in Los Angeles this
week to defend a so-called model curriculum of ethnic studies for public schools that has raised questions.Luis SincoLos Angeles Times[Skelton,from B1]