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This, combined with modest business investment spending, serves as the foundation for a favorable earnings environment, Haworth said.

At least so far, the bonanza arises from several favorable factors for America’s private titans.

The once staunchly conservative district — which stretches from Santa Clarita to the Kern County line and includes the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale — has become more favorable in recent years to Democrats, whose growing voter registration advantage made the thrice-elected Garcia one of the most vulnerable GOP incumbents in the country.

Ariel Cohen, the lead meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Oxnard office, called the area a “favorable corridor” for Southern California’s Santa Ana winds, which have fueled many of those recent fires.

Light winds coming from the ocean and favorable humidity levels Sunday helped authorities in the effort to contain the fire, which started Wednesday morning amid an extreme Santa Ana wind event.