NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the wildfires in Los Angeles, and the words of writers who were drawn to the city.
The Pacific Ocean is seen in the distance beyond palm trees and the charred remains of homes destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 13, 2025.
Raymond Chandler, one of the inventors of detective fiction, grew up in the U.S. Midwest and London before he settled in California. He opened his 1938 short story"Red Wind" by saying,"There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch."
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