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Downtown Los Angeles will warm into the low 80s Thursday with patchy overnight fog returning along the coast. Cooler, foggier mornings are expected through the holiday weekend.
Six Flags Magic Mountain agreed to fund stormwater‑treatment and habitat projects that conservation groups say will cut polluted runoff into the Santa Clara River and support steelhead recovery.
Sunny and warm midweek — highs near 81°F today in central L.A. Cooler, cloudy mornings return Thursday.
Warm, sunny afternoons with highs near 80°F, but wildfire smoke and gusty, dry winds bring an Air Quality Alert and elevated fire‑weather risk in downtown LA.
A wildfire called the Burro Fire was reported midday May 18 in Los Angeles County on U.S. Forest Service land; cause and containment remain unknown.
A wind‑driven brush fire near Sandy Avenue destroyed at least one home and prompted mandatory evacuations across several Simi Valley neighborhoods.
A small blaze named the Finn Fire was reported Monday in Los Angeles County near the Palos Verdes Peninsula; initial data list it on private land with cause and containment unknown.
A fast-moving dust channel prompted an NWS dust-storm warning Sunday night for central San Bernardino County, threatening Barstow and stretches of I‑15 with near‑zero visibility.
Low clouds give way to mid-70s today in Downtown LA. Wind Advisories run through Monday afternoon with gusts in canyon corridors.
High winds and low humidity pushed two brush fires near Lancaster on Saturday; evacuation warnings were issued and later lifted as crews contained the blazes.
Low clouds and patchy fog this morning in Downtown LA; gusty winds and hazardous seas continue through the day. A warm, drier push is expected early next week.
Morning fog clears to sun with highs near 71°F; expect gusty winds and dangerous surf this weekend.
County and nonprofit partners announced plans to install river interceptors on the Los Angeles and San Gabriel rivers to stop hundreds of tons of trash before the 2028 Olympics.
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