After months of dry weather heading into 2025, Southern California is bracing for its third winter storm event in less than a month, and this week’s system is expected to be the strongest

Forecasters said excessive rainfall could lead to flash flooding and debris flows in recent burn scars, including the Eaton and Palisades fires.

The upcoming storm is likely to pose a higher risk for mudslides, debris flows and flooding than the rainfall this past week.

For the first time, a fire detection system invented by a Newport Beach teenager will be tested in a real-world situation. Seventeen-year-old Ryan Honary’s