How dry is it in Southern California? See the drought levels and recent rainfall totals for several counties in the region.

Soil moisture levels across much of the region from Santa Barbara to San Diego hover between just 2% and 5% of average — leaving dust where there should be mud.

In the midst of the continuing wildfires in Los Angeles, neighboring communities are offering their assistance to those affected by the disaster. Hotels in cities including Santa Barbara, San Diego have opened their doors at reasonable prices to accommodate the individuals impacted by the wildfires.

SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, January 14 for Falcon 9’s launch of the Transporter-12 mission to low-Earth orbit from California.

"If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable for very rapid fire spread and extreme fire behavior," the NWS warns.

The UC San Diego men’s basketball team fell to UC Riverside Saturday 85-81, despite a 32-point performance from Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones.

ORANGE, Calif. — The Los Angeles – San Diego – San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency is offering $10 fares on the Amtrak® Pacific Surfliner® train service for travel anywhere on the LOSSAN Rail Corridor to assist those impacted by the Southern California wildfires with low-cost travel throughout the region.

The first exposure I had to the Palisades Fire came during my three hour poetry seminar. “Have you seen the fire?” my dad texted me. “I haven’t seen the outside for four hours,” I joked back. It was Tuesday, the fires were merely hours old, and even my friends with wildfire experience didn’t seem to think much of them.

Executive orders allow a president to wield power without action from Congress. But there are also limits to what orders can achieve.

Since Jan. 7, Los Angeles has dealt with the Eaton and Palisades fires, the most destructive fires in Southern

Noozhawk republishes news articles from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that impact Santa Barbara County readers. In 1955, the

The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued an updated coastal flood advisory at 8:16 p.m. on Sunday valid from Monday 8 a.m. until Tuesday 2 p.m.