Let's ride with the family down the street. Thru the courtesy of Fred's two feet.
Early visitors to SoCal/Lost Angeles Basin in the 1700s and before remarked about the ever-present layer of smoke over the area, from the local Indians’ camp fires.
The area held one of the largest populations of natives in the new world, due to the mild climate, good ground for crops, water for irrigation, coastal areas for fishing, etc.
The globe here has been warm all along.