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Location; Country: United States: Location: Los Angeles, California: Coordinates: 1]: UN/LOCODE: US LAX: Details; Opened: December 9, 1907: Size of harbour: 3,200 acres (13 km 2): Land area: 4,300 acres (17 km 2): Size: 7,500 acres (30 km 2): Draft depth: −53 ft (−16 m): President: Jaime L. Lee: Vice President: Edward Renwick: Commissioners: Diane L. Middleton Lucia Moreno-Linares Anthony ...
The Santa Anas are katabatic winds (Greek for "flowing downhill") arising in higher altitudes and blowing down towards sea level. [7] The National Weather Service defines Santa Ana winds as "a weather condition [in southern California] in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific Coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions".
The original Harbor Belt Line was formed in 1929 by a joint agreement of the city of Los Angeles and four major railroads: the Pacific Electric (PE) lines, the Southern Pacific (SP), the Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) and the Union Pacific (UP). Each railroad agreed to supply a quota of employees and equipment to provide switching services within a ...
Firefighters look for hotspots at a burn down home due to the Palisades Fire, along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, U.S., Jan. 12, 2025.
In December 2015, CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin called at the Port of Los Angeles and thus became the largest vessel ever to call the United States. [15] The container-ship, 1,300 ft (400 m) long and 177 ft (54 m) wide, was inaugurated in Port of Long Beach on February 19.
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For many sailing craft 45° on either side of the wind is a no-go zone, where a sail is unable to mobilize power from the wind. Sailing on a course as close to the wind as possible—approximately 45°—is termed beating, a point of sail when the sails are close-hauled. At 90° off the wind, a craft is on a beam reach.
The Catalina eddy wind pattern, also called the "coastal eddy" or "marine layer," is a localized weather phenomenon that occurs in the Southern California Bight, the mostly concave portion of the Southern California coast running from Point Conception to San Diego.