From Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival to the return of Warped Tour and Boots In The Park, here are the top festivals to look forward to this year.

According to the National Weather Service, rain has fallen on just 10% of all New Year’s Days between 1878 and 2025. The record for the holiday was in 1934, when it rained 3.12 inches in Pasadena. That was also the year Los Angeles received more than one inch of rain on the first day of the year.

Winterfest O.C., concerts, Star Wars on the big screen and more of the best things to do during the first weekend of 2026.

Authorities say rescue crews responding to a report of an injured hiker who fell down a slope near a Southern California mountain trail found the man and two of his companions dead.

While many were quick to condemn Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s tenure, they split along party lines about the military operation.

Southern California could see an additional 1-2 inches of rain into the New Year through Friday, causing a flash flood risk in wildfire burn scars. A flood watch is in effect for much of southern California,

The National Weather Service said between .25 and 1 inch of rainfall was expected in most inland communities, with 2 or less inches predicted for the mountains.

Verizon Wireless will pay $7.7 million after a settlement was reached involving “environmental violations at hundreds of the company’s wireless telecommunication cell towers across Southern California,