Grace Toohey is a reporter at the Los Angeles Times covering breaking news for the Fast Break Desk. Before joining the newsroom in 2022, she covered criminal justice issues at the Orlando Sentinel and the Advocate in Baton Rouge. Toohey is a Maryland native and proud Terp.
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Temperatures are forecast to remain warm but drop a few degrees Tuesday, before plummeting Wednesday as a cooling pattern spreads across the region.
Friday will kick off several days of above-average temperatures in Southern California, with highs reaching into the 90s in some places on Monday.
Rancho Palos Verdes officials may impose a toll on Palos Verdes Drive South to help cover the cost of damage caused by an ongoing landslide.
The most recent risk assessment, outlined in maps published by the California Geological Survey, illustrate the devastation possible from extreme-but-realistic scenarios.
A major storm continued to wallop much of Southern California on Thursday morning, bringing evacuation warnings, fears of mudslides and heavy mountain snow.
County fire or sheriff’s officials appear to have failed to set the alerts in motion, leaving many west Altadena residents to flee as flames and embers closed in.
Scientists worry there will be immediate harm from the Trump administration’s latest federal workforce cuts, which hit NOAA and the National Weather Service.
L.A.’s Runyon Canyon Park has partially reopened to the public after it was closed for weeks following the Sunset fire.
Temperatures in much of SoCal will continue to rise Wednesday and Thursday, but officials say it doesn’t mean winter has passed. Cold, wet storms are forecast for the weekend and next week.
Downtown L.A. was about 14 degrees above normal Sunday, reaching 82 degrees. Temperatures could climb into the 90s by Wednesday in the coasts and valleys.