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Your SoCal Weather Report For Wednesday, Oct. 25: Temperatures Keep Falling

I hope you didn't wash your car yesterday because today's forecast brings drizzle and light rain showers through the morning and back again late tonight.
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- Today’s weather: Drizzly, cloudy
- Beaches: 60s-70s
- Mountains/deserts: 50s-60s/ 74-83
- Inland: 70s
- Warnings and advisories:
Along the coast, the beaches will see highs in the upper 60s, up to 70 in Long Beach.
In downtown Los Angeles it will get up to 72 — that's about the same for the valleys and inland areas, including Orange County areas.
In the high desert, expect a high of 74 and in the low desert, Coachella Valley highs will top out at 83.
Tonight's lows will be in the low 60s, dropping into the mid 50s. There's also a 20% chance of light rain showers across the southland tonight starting at 11 p.m.
Taking a look ahead: Thursday will also be a little chilly with more low clouds and patchy drizzle in the morning.
This day in history
On this day in 2003, the Cedar Fire began in the hills of east Ramona spreading rapidly into San Diego.
Things to do
Spend your Wednesday evening with a roomful of celebrities at this event:
- The Give Back-Ular Spectacular: A number of celebs have committed to the night of variety, comedy, music, talks and performance, raising funds for artists, craftspeople, technicians, production assistants and support staff who are out of work because of the SAG-Aftra strike. Stars expected to appear including Jason Alexander, Jack Black, Rachel Bloom, LeVar Burton, Nicole Byer, Bryan Cranston, Lil Dicky, Lindsay Dougherty, Simon Helberg, Janelle James, Michael McKean, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, June Diane Raphael, Andrea Savage, Paul Scheer, Dax Shepard, Lily Tomlin, Julian Velard and Jeremy Allen White.
Check out our full list of things to do this week.
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