On Christmas Day, torrential rain in Southern California set new records in Los Angeles, Burbank and Santa Barbara, forecasters say.

Three days of heavy downpours that spawned flash flooding and mudslides across Southern California subsided on Friday, as residents of homes in the hard-hit mountain resort of Wrightwood began digging out mud and assessing damage.

At this time of year, we tend to think of trees with colorful leaves as native to colder climates than ours. But then Jenny Iyer from the Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District ( RCRCD.org) comes along and reminds us that a large collection of California native species are garbed in foliar coats of many colors.

Located in California’s Orange County, Little Saigon is a thriving neighborhood of restaurants, shops, and businesses run almost entirely by Vietnamese American immigrants and their descendants.

December 25 - Southern California running back Eli Sanders declared for the 2026 NFL Draft on Thursday. "This is just the beginning of the next chapter, and I can't wait to see where it goes from here," he posted on X.

A house on Lee Street in Boyle Heights suffered damage to the surface and structure of the roof, with water leaking inside.

The heaviest rain may be over, but the threat of flooding in California lingers into the afternoon as more light rain showers fall on saturated and already flooded regions. Here's the latest forecast.