Because after the rains that grow the brush that catches on fire that causes the mudslides, and after the earthquakes and after the economic woes, if you're still alive you can walk outside on a late January day and be forced to peel off your sweater because it's too warm to wear one....which means this recent article on "LA's Craft Beer Revolution" from the LA Times might come in very handy.
(Through it all, our priorities remain intact.)