A 61-year-old woman is lucky to be alive after being twice bitten by a baby rattler while playing with her grandchildren at the beach.
An upper ridge over the Southland led to high temperatures throughout, but a slight cooling trend will continue through Thursday.
Local temperatures spiked to nearly 20 degrees above normal.
A pair of storm fronts is expected to bring the heaviest rainfall over the weekend.
Quality Management District has issued a no-burn alert, banning wood burning fires through the weekend.
Laguna Beach was named one of the top beaches in the nation in TripAdvisor.com's annual Best Beach survey.
Breakers of between 5 and 7 feet are expected at west-facing beaches, with maximum sets of 10 feet at some locations.
A surf advisory warns of eight foot waves with the threat of sneaker waves, which took a life in Laguna Beach last year.
Indoor fireplace use and outdoor wood burning will be prohibited due to pollution concerns.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District is ordering residents not to light fireplaces or burn wood outdoors.
Night time temperatures may drop to freezing in some parts of the region.
Saturday's rescue of a humpback whale demonstrates the ongoing manmade perils sea creatures face in their habitat.
For the second time this week, a humpback whale has become tangled in lobster traps in local waters.
Clear night skies are expected to greet stargazers, who could see as many as 20 shooting stars an hour.
A two mile stretch of the coastline has been closed to surfers and swimmers due to the sighting of a large shark.
Health officials are asking residents to take precautions against the disease carrying parasite.
A heat advisory has been extended to include the Orange County coastline.
The 'blood moon' is rather amazing.
Parts of the region will swelter in triple digit temperatures.
Abnormally high temperatures will continue today, but there is a chance of rain for Orange County.
The predicted tsunami lapped ashore with minimal impact.
A 4.5 magnitude quake shook the Big Bear area this morning.
The morning's storm brought more rain than anticipated, triggering accidents and road closures.
Orange County will finally get some relief from the heat wave, but the Tuesday morning commute may be a wet one.
Thousands will turn out on September 19 to tidy up 1,200 miles of coastline
A heat advisory has been issued throughout the region.
A blistering heat wave is expected to last with temperatures 10-15 degrees above normal.
Rescue crews, attempting to save a tangled blue whale for the first time, had to suspend the dangerous rescue effort over night.
A New Zealand is causing a southwest swell that will bring particularly big waves to south facing beaches this Labor Day weekend.
The drought cost $2.2 billion and 17,000 jobs last year, and the state needs smarter policies to face coming water shortages, experts say.
The moon will look a little bigger in the sky Saturday.
Inland Orange County will pass 100 degrees today, but temperatures are expected to drop below normal soon.
A nursery for great whites, coastal waters are warming, and young great whites have been sticking around longer than usual.
Isolated showers may usher in another heat wave starting today.
Swimmers will have to stay out of the water in Newport Beach and Huntington Beach after a shark became aggressive with a surfer.
A rarely-seen oarfish, the world's largest bony fish, washed ashore in Catalina this week.
This year's El Niño could be the strongest ever recorded.
Temperatures are expected to begin creeping down today, following a weekend of record-setting temperatures.
With temperatures climbing past 100 in many communities, authorities are advising precautions and conservation to avoid power outages.