“Anything can happen” during a Santa Ana event, Raymond Chandler wrote in his 1938 short story Red Wind. Chandler’s bailiwick was the crime genre, and the Santa Ana winds were an augur of physical ...

“The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.” — Joan Didion There’s always been a black hole in the center of the California sunlight, and the Santa Ana winds blow through it.

Joan Didion. The dread carries over to music, too, and the shiny hits of the city’s recording studios. “Here come those Santa Ana winds again …” You can hear the line in your head ...