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We spent time with two groups using what's a practice known as mutual aid to provide essential resources for unhoused communities in L.A. We learned a lot along the way.
Why now: Mutual aid is an old idea that gained in popularity during the pandemic. At it's core, it means working together to provide essential resources for people in your community — no strings attached.
Why it matters: Despite massive spending and many government programs, the homelessness crisis here is only getting worse. There’s been a big push by the L.A. mayor’s office to get people into housing but, while we wait for more permanent solutions, living on the street is often a day-to-day battle against illness and death.
Keep reading... to learn more about what that looks like on L.A.'s streets.
We’ve all seen it: Tents lining the sidewalks of freeway overpasses; or people drinking from fire hydrants in Skid Row; or an unhoused person forced off the metro with nowhere else to sleep.
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These are stark images, and no less painful for the people who endure these conditions while living unsheltered on the street.
The crisis
The homelessness crisis is not new to Los Angeles, and despite recent and ongoing efforts from city and county leadership, the problem is persistent. There’s been a big push by the L.A. mayor’s office to get people into housing but, while we wait for more permanent solutions, living on the street is often a day-to-day battle against illness and death.
The most recent Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count estimated that 46,000 people are experiencing homelessness in L.A. city alone — and another 9,000 people in other parts of L.A. County. About two-thirds of them are considered “unsheltered,” which includes living in a car or a tent. Of those surveyed, about one in three reported substance addiction.
Living unsheltered can be dangerous and even deadly — and there has been a massive increase in the death rate for unhoused people in the county over the last few years.
The promise of services — whether in the form of permanent housing, treatment for substance addiction, or mental health counseling — cannot help if people aren't alive in six months, a year — or five — to receive them.
While they wait, people have immediate needs: sanitation, bathrooms, overdose-prevention, and access to clean drinking water.
But there’s a big gap: Government agencies in the city of L.A. and L.A. County have not been able to sufficiently meet all these needs, whether due to not having enough money or bureaucratic red tape.
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Sade Kammen distributing water to Skid Row resident.
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Filling the gap with mutual aid
Mutual aid is an old idea, but it’s becoming more and more popular in Los Angeles. Essentially, it means working together to provide essential resources for people in your community — no strings attached.
The main tenants are: direct action, cooperation, mutual understanding and solidarity.
Has a long history ; became popularized during the AIDS crisis and gained attention worldwide during the COVID pandemic.
Service can be carried by official non-profits, but also by individuals or small unofficial groups
Some groups using the mutual aid model are official nonprofits. Others are decentralized groups with only a few volunteers. In recent years, especially in L.A., many of these groups have turned their attention toward unhoused communities, offering everything from bottled water to clean needles to backpacks.
They essentially act like a bandaid, providing what's needed in the short-term to keep people alive until the city can provide more permanent solutions, like housing, addiction treatment, and other long-term services.
To get a better understanding of who these volunteers are and what kinds of services they provide, we followed two groups in the field as they distributed supplies: one, a loosely knit team of volunteers, and the other a 501(c)(3) non-profit.
How the organizations compare
Palms Unhoused Mutual Aid
Status: No official authorization
Size: 5 to 12 core members with a larger decentralized network of volunteers
Objective: Offers harm reduction supplies, in addition to food, water, and other services as needed, in Palms
WaterDrop LA
Status: 5013c non-profit
Size: 10 core members with 30 to 50 additional weekly volunteers
Volunteers: Primarily USC students or recent graduates
Objective: Provide 2,000+ gallons water, in addition to snacks, Narcan, and other services as needed, in Skid Row
How PUMA works
PUMA, or Palms Unhoused Mutual Aid, operates in the L.A. neighborhood of Palms on Mondays and Wednesdays. Harm reduction is a main priority for the group. That means providing people who use substances with tools aimed at preventing an overdose or an infection. That includes glass pipes, clean needles, Narcan and alcohol wipes.
Someone can’t change their relationship with substance use if they die from infectious disease or overdose before they’re able to.
— Ndindi Kitonga, PUMA's founder
Ndindi Kitonga, the group’s founder, says PUMA’s approach to harm reduction is backed by scientific data. “We know that when people suffer from infected wounds, or from overdose, this doesn’t make people’s relationship with substance use better,” she says.
Kitonga says that many unhoused people they’re working with are interested in substance treatment. But they say it’s not easy for them to access.
“And of course,” she adds, “someone can’t change their relationship with substance use if they die from infectious disease or overdose before they’re able to.”
Jesse Lloyd Goldshear, a volunteer with the Monday crew and a postdoc researcher studying public health at UC San Diego, agrees.
Jesse Lloyd Goldshear is a post-doctoral researcher at UC San Diego and a harm reduction volunteer with Palms Unhoused Mutual Aid (PUMA).
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Harm reduction supplies in Jesse Lloyd Goldshear's car trunk include metal cups called "cookers," clean glass pipes, new syringes, disposable tourniquets, sterile water, and cotton balls.
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“Giving out harm reduction supplies, it’s, I think, become kind of a priority for most of the mutual aid groups,” Goldshear says.
PUMA is not a registered nonprofit and Goldshear believes that its decentralized, grassroots approach makes the volunteers more flexible to the evolving needs of the communities they serve.
Unhoused people say PUMA volunteers 'save lives'
In Palms, underneath the overpass near Venice Boulevard and Globe Avenue, Goldshear and Kitonga hand out most of the harm reduction supplies. Another volunteer, Sebastian Hernandez, brings carts to load all the materials, and mother-daughter duo Pat and Eve Garcia bring about 100 homemade burritos and a large baggie of hot-sauce.
Many of the people experiencing homelessness whom we spoke to say that they've come to rely on this assistance.
“They save lives,” says Nono, a long-time resident of the encampment. “And that's a big deal. That's really hard to say in homeless communities.”
Harm reduction has been proven to reduce the risk of overdose, infections and overall fatalities related to substance use. It’s now being recognized more broadly as a solution to the nationwide opioid crisis. Last year, President Joe Biden called for more funding for harm reduction and the National Institute of Health launched a program to test the effects of community-based harm reduction strategies like those used by PUMA.
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Outside of her tent, Nono explains that the morning we met, there had been a city sweep of the area. These types of sweeps happen throughout L.A., and usually involve removing all belongings from the sidewalk and hosing down the space.
The city is required to post signs notifying people of what’s to come, but Nono says she didn’t know. When the sweep began at 6:30 in the morning, she texted one of the volunteers, Sebastian Hernandez.
“I was like, ‘Hey Sebastian, sorry to text you so early, but it's clean-up and I don't want to lose my tent again.’ He immediately texted me back, and he reached out to the rest of the PUMA team to see who could help me,” Nono says. “Things like that are priceless.”
Kitonga, PUMA’s founder, says their philosophy of harm reduction extends beyond substance-use. “Harm reduction is minimizing violent things happening to us and our friends. It can be things like needles, but it can also be a sweater, or maintaining relationships with people who have mental health issues,” she says.
“We understand a lot of what we do, day-to-day, is survival work and filling in the gaps,” she adds. “But we think of ourselves as a network of care.”
How WaterDrop LA works
WaterDrop LA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that operates in downtown L.A.’s Skid Row. The organization was founded by five women, all USC students, in the summer of 2020.
Aria Cataño, one of the cofounders, says WaterDrop LA emerged out of an existing group that provided food in the area, when, one day, they realized they didn’t have enough water to give out with the food.
Aria Cataño, co-founder of Water Drop LA.
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“I started calling the missions and other organizations that are operating in Skid Row to see if they had any plan for providing water, especially during COVID. And they didn't,” Cataño says.
Now, WaterDrop LA has 10 core members who organize the weekly distribution of more than 2,000 gallons of water. About 40 volunteers join them every Sunday at 11 a.m., meeting up in a USC parking lot where they break off into groups to bring water to every corner of Skid Row.
Water Drop LA volunteers unloading and organizing supplies for distrubution to unhoused residents of Skid Row.
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Even with their efforts, water access is still a major, and undercovered issue in Skid Row. “A lot of people don’t realize that unsheltered people in L.A. don't have access to water,” Cataño says.
The real-world consequence of that means many people living in Skid Row rely on fire hydrants when they — or their pets — are thirsty.
Sade Kammen greeting Skid Row resident Dwight Gaines in December 2023.
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Skid Row resident Dwight Gaines.
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“People crack them and then they'll drink this water that sprays out,” says Sade Kammen, a longtime volunteer with WaterDrop and other mutual aid groups in Los Angeles. “It is technically potable water, but we don't recommend it,” she adds.
Dwight Joseph Gaines has lived on Skid Row for seven years and says, even with more city services like relatively new refresh spots, it’s not enough to keep him off the fire hydrant.
“It's one of those things you have to sacrifice to live, to survive,” Gaines says.
Hawk, another Skid Row resident and military veteran, agrees. He shows us how he retrieves water from the hydrant near his tent, using a stolen utility wrench he says he bought for this purpose.
You need water for everything, right?
— Hawk, Skid Row resident
Hawk uses the large, hexagonal wrench to twist open the valve, letting a torrent of water gush into a 5-gallon bucket. “This is what I do every day,” Hawk says.
In addition to the hydrant providing drinking water for himself and his dog, Hawk says he uses that water, along with water bottles from WaterDrop LA, to sterilize his hair-cutting equipment. Hawk operates a one-man barbershop outside of his tent.
Skid Row resident Derrick Thomas, known as "Hawk".
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Water dropped off outside of Derick Thomas' residence.
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“That's why water is so important to me. I have to keep everything clean,” he says. “Them bringing out water, it assists us in a way that you just can't explain. You need water for everything, right?”
Hawk shuts off the valve, slides the wrench through a loop on his hip, and drags the bucket of water to his tent.
About the WaterDrop volunteers, Hawk says, “Whether we're important to other people or not, those people come down here on their own.”
Supreme Court seems inclined to rule against Trump
By Nina Totenberg | NPR
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A majority of the Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of the Trump administration's argument on birthright citizenship yesterday and appeared ready to rule in favor of upholding automatic citizenship for babies born on U.S. soil.
Keep reading... for details on the questions posed to lawyers, including conservative justices tough questions for President Donald Trump's solicitor general, D. John Sauer.
A majority of the Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of the Trump administration's argument on birthright citizenship Wednesday and appeared ready to rule in favor of upholding automatic citizenship for babies born on U.S. soil.
That included multiple conservative justices, who had tough questions for Trump's solicitor general, D. John Sauer. Sauer argued the government's case against birthright citizenship, the practice enshrined in the 14th Amendment in the Constitution, which became law in 1868.
It states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
Sauer, however, asserted that contrary to the law as understood for 160 years, the 14th Amendment does not confer automatic citizenship on every baby born in the U.S. He told the court that the true meaning of the amendment was to grant citizenship to former slaves and their children, no more. And, therefore, President Trump was well within his rights when he signed an executive order barring citizenship for children born in this country to parents who are illegally here, or who are here legally, but on long-term visas.
But Chief Justice John Roberts was doubtful about that executive order.
"The examples you give to support that strike me as very quirky," Roberts told Sauer. "And then you expand it to a whole class of illegal aliens," he continued. "I'm not quite sure how you can get to that big group from such tiny and, sort of, idiosyncratic examples."
"We're in a new world now," Sauer contended. "A billion people are one plane ride away from having a child who's a U.S. citizen."
"It's a new world," Roberts replied, but "it's the same Constitution."
Justice Neil Gorsuch noted that the Trump executive order focuses on parents, but the 14th Amendment focuses on birthright for the child. He asked: how would you know who the father is, or the mother? What if they're unmarried? Whose house do they live in?
Justice Amy Coney Barrett questioned the practicality of the Trump proposal.
"How would it work?" she asked. "How would you adjudicate these cases? You're not going to know at the time of birth whether they have the intent to stay or not, including U.S. citizens by the way."
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wondered, "So [are] we bringing pregnant women in for depositions? What are we doing to figure this out?"
The justices also grilled Sauer about the landmark 1898 case of Wong Kim Ark, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Wong had birthright citizenship, because he was born in the United States. Sauer, however, maintained that Wong was only given birthright citizenship because his parents were legally domiciled in the United States.
"I think even your brief concedes that the position you're taking now is a revisionist one with respect to a substantial part of our history," Justice Elena Kagan said. "That's, in part, because of Wong Kim Ark and the way people have read that case ever since then."
Challenging the Trump birthright plan, the American Civil Liberties Union's Cecillia Wang told the Supreme Court that the 14th Amendment was enacted after the Civil War in order to have a universal rule of citizenship, subject to a closed set of exceptions, and that the birthright applies to all children born on U.S. soil.
"We can't take the current administration's policy considerations into account to try to re-engineer and radically re-interpret the original meaning of the 14th Amendment," Wang argued.
However, in reference to current perceived immigration problems versus those that existed at the time the 14th Amendment was enacted, Kagan posited: "What do we do if we think we have a new problem that didn't exist at the time of the 14th Amendment?"
Justice Brett Kavanaugh followed up, asking whether the provisions of the 14th Amendment are frozen in place.
Yes, replied Wang, because the framers of it were intent on putting the citizenship question out of the reach of Congress.
The decision, expected by this summer, will almost certainly result in a historic ruling, and Trump himself made his mark at the court Wednesday morning.
He became the first sitting president known to attend oral arguments, signaling the importance of this issue to him personally.
After leaving the courtroom before the arguments were over, he wrote on Truth Social, "We are the only Country in the World STUPID enough to allow 'Birthright' Citizenship!" In fact, roughly three dozen countries offer it.
Trump arrived about 10 minutes before the arguments began, listened to Sauer field the justices' questions for a little over an hour and then left a few minutes after Wang began to make her case.
Outside the court, dozens of people rallied in support of birthright citizenship
Volunteers with the ACLU, joined by immigrant rights organizations like CASA and the League of United Latin American Citizens, handed out fliers that read "protect birthright citizenship" and "14th Amendment."
"We're all out here to protect the fundamental right of birthright citizenship. It's written in the 14th Amendment," said Anu Joshi, a staff member of the ACLU. "It's what makes us America."
Among the crowd were several people who were citizens by birthright themselves.
"I am a birthright citizen so this hits really, really close to home because without birthright citizenship I wouldn't even have my citizenship in the United States," said Stephanie Sanchez, a first-generation Mexican-American who came to the rally. "Here I am representing my community and fighting back."
After the arguments, ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero told the crowd he felt confident in the way the arguments played out inside.
"We are fighting for the heart and soul of this country. The fight to protect birthright citizenship is about our neighbors, our families, our kids. It's not about the past, it's about the future," he said. "We will only accept what is just and what is right."
Largely absent from the crowd were proponents of the president's position.
Domenico Montanaro, Ximena Bustillo and Anusha Mathur contributed to this story. Copyright 2026 NPR
O.C. Japan Fest, corgi beach day, the grunions are back, a new play festival, a talk with Sen. Cory Booker and more of the best things to do this weekend.
Highlights:
Experience sakura season without leaving the area at the O.C. Japan Fair, featuring 250 vendors, craftspeople, food booths, art activities and more, all celebrating Japanese culture.
Check out readings of five new plays – all for free! – at the Play L.A. New Works Festival, put on by Stage Raw and the Greenway Arts Alliance along with a number of L.A. indie theater powerhouses.
Spend Friday night with New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, whose new book, Stand, tells stories from his political life that aim to share “actionable insights” to help preserve democracy in these challenging times.
I hope you had luck in securing the first round of LA28 Olympics tickets — and that you’re not still waiting for page refreshes this morning! We’ve got all the info on how to get your tickets and why you shouldn’t fret if it doesn’t work out on this first try.
LAist’s Mariana Dale went to Hollywood High School this week to see how students and teachers felt about Mitski bringing a concert to the historic space. Seems like no one was missing class since perfect attendance meant a shot at tickets.
No matter your music taste, there’s a show for you this weekend. It may not be the height of summer yet, but things will be heating up at the Hollywood Bowl as Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler reunite for their concert performance of Broadway hit The Last Five Years. Plus, Licorice Pizza recommends Mercury Prize-winning London rapper Dave at the Palladium, St. Paul & the Broken Bones are at the Belasco, Calum Scott plays the Wiltern, and there’s a really cool First Fridays night at the Natural History Museum with dub legend Adrian Sherwood. Saturday has pop trio LANY at the Intuit Dome, Lamb of God slaughtering the YouTube Theater, SoundCloud rapper Rich Amiri at the Fonda, post-hardcore band Hail the Sun at the Wiltern, pop sensation Nessa Barrett at the Masonic Lodge, and another rising pop star, Alexander Stewart, at Chinatown’s cool new venue, Pacific Electric.
Experience sakura season without leaving the area at the O.C. Japan Fair, featuring 250 vendors, craftspeople, food booths, art activities and more, all celebrating Japanese culture. From sake tastings to sushi-making workshops to musical performances and kimono try-ons, the annual event is one of the largest Japanese cultural fairs in California.
Play L.A. New Works Festival
April 3-4 Greenway Court Theatre 544 North Fairfax Ave., Mid-City COST: FREE, MORE INFO
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Check out readings of five new plays — all for free! — at the Play L.A. New Works Festival, put on by Stage Raw and the Greenway Arts Alliance, along with a number of L.A. indie theater powerhouses. This year’s plays are Stonewall’s Bouncer by Louisa Hill, produced by The Victory Theatre; At Olduvai Gorge by India Kotis, produced by The Odyssey Theatre Company; Ghost Play by Mathew Scott Montgomery, produced by InHouse Theatre; The Incident by Rachel Borders, produced by The Road Theatre Ensemble; and Three Dates by Erica Wachs, produced by IAMA Theatre Company. Go see one, or go see them all!
SoCal Corgi Beach Day
Saturday, April 4, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 21351 California 1, Huntington Beach COST: FREE; MORE INFO
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Head to Huntington Beach for the cutest event of the year, the annual SoCal Corgi Beach Day. This year’s theme is "Tiki Beach Pawty," because of course it is. Honor Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite pets and spend the day at the beach with these short, stout, snuggly friends while they frolic and compete in events like — I am not making this up – Corgi Limbo.
Plaza Mexico Celebrates Easter
Sunday, April 5, 12:00 p.m. to 4 p.m. 3100 E. Imperial Highway, Lynwood COST: FREE; MORE INFO
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You have your pick of Easter Bunny photo ops and egg hunts around town, and Plaza Mexico would be a great one with the family. Meet and take a picture with the Easter bunny, enjoy kids' arts & crafts, family activities, vendors and sweet treats.
Writers Bloc: Cory Booker
Friday, April 3, 7:30 p.m. John Adams Middle School (JAMS) Performing Arts Center 2425 16th St., Santa Monica COST: $33; MORE INFO
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Spend Friday night with New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, whose new book, Stand, tells stories from his political life that aim to share "actionable insights" to help preserve democracy in these challenging times. The conversation with Writers Bloc will be hosted by Sean Bailey, the former head of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production for 14 years and the current CEO of the new multi-platform production company B5 Studios. The event is sold out, but there is a waitlist available.
Behind the Canvas — An Exclusive Art Talk with the Jurors of A Woman's Place: Framing the Future
Saturday, April 4, 11 a.m. Ebell of Los Angeles 741 S. Lucerne Blvd., Mid-Wilshire COST: FREE; MORE INFO
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Have coffee and doughnuts with the curators of the Ebell’s Women’s History Month exhibit, "A Woman’s Place: Framing the Future." You can catch the show before it closes and see work from women artists exploring new interpretations of womanhood, feminism and art.
Grunion Run
Saturday, April 4, starting at 10:30 p.m. Venice Breakwater Ocean Front Walk, Venice COST: FREE; MORE INFO
Thousands of grunions on the shore.
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I have lived in Venice for more than 20 years and never actually seen a grunion, despite efforts, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fun to see all your neighbors scouring the beach by moonlight on a Saturday night. The Venice Oceanarium folks always organize an educational tent with lessons on how these unique fish show up on our shores to reproduce, and maybe you’ll luck out and time it right this year.
She’s Auspicious
Saturday, April 4, 7 p.m. Broad Stage 1310 11th St., Santa Monica COST: FROM $40; MORE INFO
L.A. native Mythili Prakash takes the Tamil dance form Bharatanatyam to new heights as a choreographer and performer. Her short dance film Mollika, commissioned by Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage in London, was nominated for a 2025 National Dance Award for Best Short Dance Film. She’s Auspicious, her latest production, "blurs the line between goddess and woman, exploring the dichotomy between celebration of the goddess versus the treatment of women in society." It was nominated for an Olivier Award in the category Best New Dance Performance in the U.K., and lucky for us, is on for one performance only at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica.
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Cal State Long Beach is one of the 23 CSU campuses where Teamsters-represented workers held a strike last month.
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The California Public Employment Relations Board (has issued a formal complaint against California State University trustees over the system’s alleged refusal to give raises to trades workers. The complaint follows a statewide strike earlier this year, in which workers at every campus walked off the job.
Why it matters: Teamsters Local 2010 represents 1,100 plumbers, electricians, HVAC techs, locksmiths and other building maintenance staff who work across the CSU system. A formal complaint from the Public Employment Relations Board means the two parties must resolve the dispute in a formal hearing process.
The backstory: According to Teamsters Local 2010, union members won wage increases in 2024 “after nearly three decades of stagnation.” That year, the union was on the verge of striking alongside the system's faculty, but it reached a last-minute deal with the CSU. The union has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the system, arguing that the CSU refused to honor contractually obligated raises and step increases for its members.
What the CSU says: The CSU maintains that conditions described in its collective bargaining agreement with the union — which “tied certain salary increases to the receipt of new, unallocated, ongoing state budget funding” — were not met.
What’s next: In an emailed statement, spokesperson Amy Bentley-Smith said the CSU welcomes “the opportunity to present the facts of this case before an administrative law judge.” After the formal hearing, the state board will propose a resolution to the dispute.
Wind moves palm trees on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Stanton.
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QUICK FACTS
Today’s weather: Mostly cloudy then sunny
Beaches: mid to upper 60s
Mountains: mid 60s to around 70 degrees
Inland: 64 to 71 degrees
Warnings and advisories: Wind advisory
What to expect: A mostly sunny afternoon with temperatures sticking to the low to mid 70s for most of Southern California. Breezy conditions will pick up in the afternoon for some valleys and mountain communities.
Read on ... for more details.
QUICK FACTS
Today’s weather: Mostly cloudy then sunny
Beaches: mid to upper 60s
Mountains: mid 60s to around 70 degrees
Inland: 64 to 71 degrees
Warnings and advisories: Wind advisory
The cool weather continues for one more day in Southern California. Later this evening, strong winds will kick in for some mountains and highway corridors ahead of a Santa Ana wind event slated for Friday.
Temperatures at the beaches are going to stick around the mid to upper 60s, and around 70 degrees more inland.
Coachella Valley, San Bernardino and Riverside County mountains will continue to see gusty winds until tonight.
At noon, the Antelope Valley will be under a wind advisory, with winds expected to reach 20 to 30 mph, and some gusts up to 50 mph. Wind advisories will also kick in for the 5 Freeway corridor, Ventura County mountains and the Santa Susana mountains, where gusts could reach 45 mph.
