OMG! Did you catch the late afternoon showers last night? Or the lightning? Or the double rainbow? The skies above Los Angeles were full of wonder and miracles yesterday, indeed. Gaping, marveling, gesticulating, and photo-taking all totally acceptable reactions. more ›

KTLA's Weather Blog is calling today an "unusually cool," which should continue through Wednesday. "After the marine layer clouds dissipate, partly cloudy skies will be with us for the remainder of the day. Temperatures are going to continue below normal, ranging from the lower 60’s at the beaches to the lower 70’s in the warmer valleys." And tomorrow, some areas will get a little morning drizzle. more ›

Expect clouds to cover the Los Angeles area with only a slight chance of rain for the rest of the weekend. "Los Angeles County will be spared of the heaviest rain," explained Joe Sirard, a meteorologist at the National Westher Service in Oxnard, over the phone. And if we do get rain--20% on Sunday, 30% on Monday--it won't be much. "Most of the rain in this system will stay in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties," Sirard said. Temperatures will be in the low 60s to low 70s. more ›

Last night, the frontpeople for five of the best bands in the local indie music scene, Evan Way from The Parson Redheads (MySpace), Sarah Negahdari from The Happy Hollows (MySpace), Timothy James from The Movies (MySpace), Andrew Spitser from Radars To The Sky (MySpace), and Mikel Jollett from The Airborne Toxic Event (MySpace), participated in the inaugural edition of My Little Underground at Bordello (MySpace) in Downtown LA. more ›

The following photos of this unique week in Southern California weather were handpicked from your contributions to the LAist Flickr Photo Pool and elsewhere with permission or via Creative Commons license. Keep 'em comin'! Contribute to LAist by joining our Flickr Pool or send photos directly to zach@laist.com more ›

Photographs from my plane ride back to Los Angeles. more ›