According to the NWS Los Angeles office -- which is based in Oxnard -- the blizzard warning is the first issued in the area since 1989, when a warning was also issued for the L.A. County mountains.

Saudia will temporarily cut its direct route between Jeddah (JED) and Los Angeles (LAX) during this winter. As flagged by AeroRoutes, the Saudi Arabian airline will suspend its three weekly flights ...