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Snow In Sherman Oaks?

A cozy layer of white stuff on the ground in Sherman Oaks (see photo on the next page) had some Angelenos asking if we got a rare dusting of snow right in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. The answer, says the National Weather Service in Oxnard, is no. What you see on the ground is only a mirage of fro ... More >>

Sunny Weekend Gives Way To Winter Storm, Snow For L.A. Area

Update: The National Weather Service has upgraded this to a "winter storm warning." First posted at 9:03 a.m. We hope you enjoyed that almost summer-like weekend. Early spring!, you exclaimed. Punxsutawney Phil is right, you yelled with joy. Not so fast. Winter is returning to Los Angeles with ... More >>

Black Ice and Frozen Bird Baths in Stunned Los Angeles -- Could Recode Cold Snap Bring Snow?

Commuters whose cars piled up in Beverly Glen Canyon today had no idea the dark smear on the road wasn't sprinkler water -- it was black ice, not seen in decades by most Los Angeles urbanites. Residents of the San Fernando Valley were baffled today to see birds pecking at water in birdbaths -- unti ... More >>

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After 100-Degree Temps, Rain & Snow For L.A.

After a heat wave bathed Los Angeles in 100-degree temperatures -- in October no less -- the weather gods now bring us rain and even snow. One week later. What the hell is going on, you ask? We took that question to the trustworthy forecasters at the National Weather Service in Oxnard, who prett ... More >>

Major Heat Wave For L.A. This Weekend: 107 Degrees For Valleys Next Week

Prepare for a major heat wave, Los Angeles. Yeah, we know: Your calendar now says that it's fall. But the weather patterns of an Indian summer, mixed with our traditional, fall offshore winds, will create at least three days of blistering heat in Southern California starting on Sunday, with tempera ... More >>

Death Valley Now Officially Hotter Than Libya, Former Record-Holder for Hottest Place on Earth

Southern California is giving the Middle East a run for its money this week, in the arena of hottest sociopolitical scandal: In case you missed it, a group of L.A.-area filmmakers and apparent anti-Muslim zealots have singlehandedly thrown international relations into a state of upheaval. And now, ... More >>

Heat Warning Today, Flex Alert Tomorrow For Sweltering SoCal

Another day, another blazer. The California Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO) took the unusual step of declaring a Flex Alert for statewide energy users tomorrow, even though today was expected to be the hotter day. Maybe we'll nearly be out of juice by then. According to the grid controller:

Heat Wave Comes to Southern California: 126 Degrees Expected in Death Valley

Updated at the bottom with Southern California Edison urging us to conserve energy. First posted at 7 a.m. The June gloom sticking to our coastline well into August had you down, and you were waiting for summer to finally arrive? Better late than never: The National Weather Service this week issu ... More >>

Fabio Will Make L.A. Hot And Wet: Tropical Storm Remnants Could Bring Summer Rain

Tropical Storm Fabio is headed to Los Angeles, and he's bringing a hot, wet, stormy evening with him. Possibly. Readers of the romance novels baring the bare-chested likeness of Fabio Lanzoni will appreciate the steaminess. The rest of us will think it sucks. Here's the forecast:

Enjoy the Heat Wave While You Can: Los Angeles May Be in for a Long, Stormy Winter

As the mercury rises this week and your commute gets a couple shades sweatier, we don't want to hear you whining to the L.A. Daily News that you're "very tired of it being constantly warm." Seriously -- be grateful, people! Because it's looking like you'll have plenty of time for your miserable rai ... More >>

Coachella: Rain, Wind, Cold Temps Possible as Storms Approach SoCal

See our guide to 2012 Coachella acts here. And, check out our photo primer of Coachella eye candy. Bad news for Coachella hipsters this weekend: The second of two storms headed for Southern California will bring a chance of rain, windy conditions and low temperatures to the desert valley where Ra ... More >>

L.A. Marathon Could Get Soaked by Heavy Winter Storm Expected This Weekend

Updated at the bottom with tips for running in the rain. First posted at 3:37 p.m. Tuesday You thought winter was over early, but March's stormy lion will finally visit us this weekend with a strong storm that might hit during the annual L.A. Marathon Sunday. The National Weather Service today iss ... More >>

Global Warming in California? Not According to Snowpack Records Analyzed by Controversial Professor John Christy

If global warming is a serious problem making our summers hotter and our water sources drier, we'd certainly have felt it in California in the last 130 years, right? But a new study that looks at the Sierra Mountains' snowpack and other statewide precipitation in that span concludes that "over time ... More >>

Jack Frost Nipping at L.A.'s Nose: Freezing Low Temps For Christmas Weekend

Elvgre​Okay, you freakin' out-of-town whiners complaining about how un-Christmasy this sunny weather has been can stop now. Because Jack Frost will be nipping at your nose. The National Weather Service this afternoon has issued an urgent weather advisory to warn you that there will literally ... More >>

Santa Ana Winds Usher in L.A. Fire Season

The winds are upon us.​It may feel cooler and more wintery outside (OK, still in the upper 60s and 70s; sorry Denver), but don't be fooled: What has the potential to be SoCal's worst fire season ever is only just now settling in. We had a few scares back in the beginning of September -- inclu ... More >>

Hotter Than Hades And Getting Worse: Blame Global Warming, a Report Says

It's getting hot out here.​Your face is melting off, we know. (But look on the bright side -- bikinis will soon be all-weather wear) And while L.A.'s late-summer heat wave, with basin temps into the 90s and valleys seeing 100s, is a temporary thing, thanks to the imminent return of the Pacifi ... More >>

Coachella Festival Could See 100 Degree Heat Saturday

Bill Jensen.Hot, hot, hot.​Last year saw record crowds at the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. This year the three-day party in the desert town of Indio won't see record highs, but it'll be hot. The National Weather Service is predicting that the peak temp on Saturday in the a ... More >>

Water Your Lawn, People: SoCal's Main Water Supplier Says Restrictions Are Off, Drought is Over

Water is plentiful in California again.​Update: Beverly Hills has lifted its fines for excessive water consumption but has decided to keep its mandatory-watering-days schedule, according to the Beverly Hills Courier. Remember those two- and three-times-a-week lawn watering restrictions you ig ... More >>

It's About to Get Crazy Cold in L.A. -- With Snow Again Creeping on the Hollywood Sign

The TelegraphHere we go again.​Just one week after the sexiest early-spring heat wave ever to hit L.A. (a record 92 degrees in March!), we're now looking at a two-day storm to rival that February 2011 killer. National Weather Service specialist Stuart Seto tells us to expect showers and thund ... More >>

Snow, Record Cold Possible For L.A. This Weekend: Thank God It's Freezing

johnwilliamsphdSnow could be en route to L.A.​Update: L.A. County announced mountain road closures, after the jump. East Coasters like to make fun of us for complaining about brisk winter temps in the low 60s this time of year. But we do get real "weather," and this weekend is about to prove ... More >>

Blame Alaska: Rare California 'Arctic Blast' Comes From the North

Stop getting your snow all up in our happy place, Palin​We knew California wasn't to blame for this dreadful, borderline-blasphemous cold spell! As usual, we have the northerners to thank for our unhappiness: This crazy-cold polar storm is whistling like an ambush of icicles straight down from ... More >>

#Snowpocalypse Replaced By #SnowLoko As Official Hashtag Of New York Blizzard; Sweet Time-Lapse Video; Rare 'Thundersnow' Sighting

KOMOnews.comWhadya know -- a Snow Loko!​Hey there, New York. How's the weather? Hehe. Anywho, while we were collectively kicking it by the pool out here in Los Angeles -- half scoping Twitter for real-time updates on your misery and half gazing up at the heavens in partly-cloudy satisfaction, ... More >>

El Ninos Getting Stronger, More Frequent, According to JPL In Pasadena

JPL​Get ready for the storm of the century: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena this week unleashed a study showing that El Ninos, those wet-weather generators for Southern California, are growing stronger and more frequent. There has been some speculation that the warm Pacific water ... More >>

Flash Flood Warning Issued For Parts Of Antelope Valley, San Gabriel Mountains

​Those towering cumulus clouds to the east? They're pregnant with precipitation, and the National Weather Service on Wednesday issued a "flash flood alert." The areas affected are the southeastern Antelope Valley and the San Gabriel Mountains, including the communities of Big Pines, Pearblosso ... More >>

It's Gettin' Hot In Herre, Los Angeles

jamie h via Flickr​June gloom overstayed its welcome, but it's going out with a bang: A heatwave is expected to hit the Los Angeles basin Wednesday and last until at least the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. "The unusually cool beginning in July will come to an abrupt end l ... More >>

Hurricane Surf In SoCal This Weekend?

​Stranger things have happened, but the website Surfline has a rarity for June: possible hurricane surf hitting the Southern California coast. Hurricane Celia is rotating 750 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and, although she's getting weaker as water to the north gets cooler, Celia c ... More >>

April Showers Bring Long Beach A New Record

http://www.flickr.com/photos/farfromthepicture/​Last week we saw temperatures in the low 80s in the Los Angeles area. On Monday, however, the National Weather Service posted a "record event report," and it wasn't for sunny weather. It was for rainfall, in Long Beach, which posted a benchmark h ... More >>

Santa Monica Whale Sushi Restaurant Closes

The Hump and Typhoon restaurants.​The Hump, the Santa Monica restaurant that faces a federal charge for serving endangered whale meat, announced it's closing its doors effective Saturday. "The Hump hopes that by closing its doors, it will help bring awareness to the detrimental effect that il ... More >>

Anti Whale-Sushi Campaign Waged Against Wrong Restaurants

​The owners of a chain of Thai restaurants in the Pacific Northwest say they've been wrongly targeted by activists upset over the serving of whale meat: Apparently the eateries are in the cross-hairs of animal lovers because they happen to have the same name as the parent company of the Santa ... More >>

Today In WTF: L.A. Tornado Warning Issued (UPDATED

​A tornado warning for south central Los Angeles County has been canceled Tuesday afternoon, but another was issued for southeastern Orange County, southwester Riverside County and northwestern San Diego County. This as the second of three successive winter storms hit the Southland Tuesday. T ... More >>

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Next for L.A.'s Hottest Winter: Snow

"Wintry driving conditions" -- when was the last time you heard that in an L.A. weather forecast? We'll be hearing a lot, nevertheless, over the next few days. The L.A. Daily News reports that "rain, snow, possibly thunderstorms and sharply lower temperatures" are on tap, beginning Thursday morning, ... More >>

Hillary's Emoluments Problem

One of the many learning perks of the recent election cycle was watching how political arguments would form in the blogosphere, whirl around a bit and then burst into the mainstream media. Like tropical depressions forming off the coast of Africa before they rolled into the Caribbean as hurricanes, ... More >>

Sunny and Mild: Getting to Know Our Fair-Weather Friends of Local News

Or, how Ted Turner saved Dallas Raines from network hell

Air Inferiority

Is “Run!” the new strategy against firestorms on California's urban fringe?

The Lost Streams of Los Angeles

Uncovering our wet and wild past. Is it safe, or even possible, to let the water flow again?

Running Hot and Cold: A Dozen Weird Weather Moments

Greed Runs Through It

One man’s journey to the end of the Colorado River

Running Hot and Cold: A Dozen Weird Weather Moments

Saved... by Rock & Roll

No Second Line for New Orleans

The Great Wet Hope

Will Measure O remake Los Angeles? Only if voters know it exists

Water Torture

Flooding and the future of the world

Cause Célèbre: Green Carpets and Ancient Elves

Change in the Weather

Off the sequence

Like Water for Concrete

From flood control to watershed management

Strata Blaster

El Niño proves a paleontological bonanza

The Eleventh Plague

Torrent of shit threatens Lancaster