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Mostly cloudy skies for your Monday with mild temperatures.
We have been watching a very wet Pacific storm system that will bring rain to SoCal beginning Tuesday and lasting through the Christmas holiday. Tuesday will see mostly just light hit-and-miss rain showers.
The first round of heavy rain and gusty winds will arrive late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. A second round of moderate and steady rain arrives on Christmas Day.
A flood watch will kick in for all of Southern California starting Tuesday.
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1. Wet Christmas week expected across Southern California
Southern California is in for a wet Christmas week, with four days of rain expected to begin Tuesday, forecasters said Sunday.
A flood watch was issued for Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday evening for much of Los Angeles County, with mud and debris flows possible across foothill and mountain areas, including recent burn scars, according to the National Weather Service.
The agency is also predicting “very strong winds” Tuesday night and Wednesday, with gusts up to 80 mph over the higher peaks in the mountains, and up to 40-50 mph across lower elevations.
The NWS said an “Atmospheric River that has been pointed towards northern California the last few days will shift south and take aim at SoCal” on Tuesday, with less than a half-inch of rain expected Tuesday evening before the heaviest part of the storm occurs after midnight Tuesday night into Wednesday.
2. LA Times: LAFD softened report on Palisades Fire
A high-profile after-action report from the Los Angeles Fire Department on last January’s Palisades Fire went through several drafts that minimized the department’s failings both before and after the deadly blaze broke out, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.
The newspaper said it obtained copies of seven drafts prepared before the final report was issued on Oct. 8.
The LAFD did not comment for The Times story and did not immediately respond to a request for comment from City News Service on Saturday.
3. Pair of LA events mark National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day
If you’re homeless, every night is tough, every night a struggle to stay warm and dry and safe. But Sunday evening — Dec. 21, the official start of winter, the longest night of the year — might be toughest of all.
Dec. 21 also marks National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day, symbolically observed every year since 1990 on the first day of winter to remember the thousands of homeless people across the nation who at some point lost that nightly struggle and perished.
In Los Angeles, two events were held Sunday to mark National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day, honoring the lives of Southland residents who died while unhoused in 2025.
On average, seven homeless people die every day in Los Angeles, “many of them alone and without acknowledgement,” according to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s Housing Is A Human Right advocacy organization — conducted a candlelight vigil Sunday night in Hollywood.
4. Actor James Ransone, known for his role in ‘The Wire,’ dead at 46
James Ransone, the actor who played Ziggy Sobotka in the HBO series “The Wire” and appeared in many other TV shows and movies, has died. He was 46.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office said in online records that Ransone died by suicide on Friday.
Ransone’s film credits include “It: Chapter Two,” “The Black Phone” and “Black Phone 2,” and he appeared in TV shows including the cop drama “Bosch” and “Poker Face.”
Messages seeking comment were left for representatives of Ransone on Sunday, as well as with a spokesperson for the medical examiner’s office.
Actor James Ransone, a cast member in “The Son of No One,” poses at its premiere during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)
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Santa Monica Airport has launched its first-ever scheduled passenger flights, marking a major shift for the century-old airfield long associated with recreational flying and private jets.
Public charter carrier JSX began service on Friday with flights to Las Vegas, offering local travelers an alternative to larger airports.
JSX said its federal public charter status allows it to operate from smaller airfields that traditional network carriers cannot access.
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Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert (10) looks to pass as he’s pressured out of the pocket during a NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Patterson)