Thanks to the Santa Ana winds, the Los Angeles basin is just about as clear as it ever is. Yesterday, from Mt. Hollywood in Griffith Park your blogger could see Catalina 26 miles from the coast 10 miles away, all the way over to San Jacinto Peak about 100 miles east, all the way down to Santiago Peak in Orange County 50 or so miles to the south. And, they were clearly visible.

Today, the haze was back a bit, but Catalina and San Jacinto were slightly visible.