Evacuation warnings and flash flood watches will be in effect as Southern California closes out 2025 and a wet December that has one more storm in store. The most significant rainfall from the storm that arrived on New Year’s Eve is expected overnight into Thursday as many are celebrating the start of the new year.

Celebrities like Matthew McConaughey, Sylvester Stallone, and Lindsay Lohan left Los Angeles for other places that offer privacy, room to breathe, and lower taxes.

Rain will pick up Wednesday morning, with the heaviest downpours forecast from Wednesday night into Thursday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

Officials in Los Angeles and surrounding counties warned that the giant holiday storm could trigger "widespread flash flooding."

California is in line for yet another December storm packing rain and threatening mud and debris flows in vulnerable burn scar areas across the Los Angeles Metro Area.

A CBS News California Investigation found data showing that hundreds of fires were ignited by illegal fireworks across Los Angeles in 2025, as well as the lack of action taken by law enforcement when they were called for the dangerous pyrotechnics.

With a wind speed of up to 80 mph, a brief tornado traveled for about one-third of a mile in Boyle Heights, a neighborhood on L.A.'s Eastside, just after 10 a.m.

A reported gas leak from a main gas line in northern Los Angeles County led authorities to shut down a major Southern California highway, snarling traffic for miles.

California’s minimum wage is adjusted every year for inflation. Some cities have a higher wage floor and unions are advocating increases for specific industries.