Northern Lights in Southern California? A Rare Sight Indeed

Some lucky Southern California stargazers were treated to a virtually unprecedented sight this weekend when the sky turned green, pink, and red as the Northern Lights made a rare appearance here—and there could be an encore Saturday evening. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) had announced that aurora borealis would be visible in the contiguous United States late Friday and early Saturday, as far south as Alabama to northern California. That was enough to send some Southland residents scurrying to local mountain tops in hopes of seeing even a reduced glimpse of the famous phenomenon, which is typically seen in areas of Europe, the northern Atlantic Ocean, Canada, and Alaska....