The state Department of Water Resources announced on Tuesday, Jan. 28 it has raised the allotment of requested supplies delivered by the State Water Project from 15% to 20%, which amounts to a total allocation of about 526,709 acre-feet for Southern California water agencies for 2025, or just under 172 billion gallons of water.

The worst of the first significant rainstorm of the season for Southern California is expected to hit Sunday morning. Here is what you need to know.

Rain has mostly moved out of Southern California after the first significant storm of the season brought weekend downpours that aided firefighters

The typical American renting a single-family house pays $2,357 monthly – nearly half of what’s charged across Southern California. Last year, landlords across the U.S. could only get a $19 a month rent hike, or 0.8%.

The powerhouse pastries — call them sweet SoCal superstars — will be available for a lengthy (but ultimately limited) time.

An updated wind advisory was issued by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA on Sunday at 2:52 p.m. valid from Monday 8 a.m. until Tuesday 2 p.m. The advisory is for Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands, Palos Verdes Hills,

The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region sees about 10 Santa Ana wind events a year on average, typically occurring from fall into January. When conditions are dry, as they are right now, these winds can become a severe fire hazard.

Forecasters say a "moderate to strong'' Santa Ana wind event is expected, with isolated gusts of 80 to 100 mph expected in most wind-prone mountain locations, such as the San Gabriel, western Santa Monica and Santa Susana Mountains, according to the NWS.

Four Southern California residents were convicted this week of armed robbery and carjacking at a car repair shop in Bloomington last year, the Department of Justice said.

Griffith Park and other Los Angeles-area parks were closed Monday due to the increased risk of wildfires to start the week in Southern California.

Locally damaging wind gusts to 65 mph along and north of Highway 210 from Altadena to Glendora, and also across the Antelope Valley and Antelope Valley Foothills for Antelope Valley, Catalina and ...