“It Never Rains in Southern California” caught on quickly, debuting at No. 65 on the Hot 100 in October 1972 and reaching its peak position of No. 5 eight weeks later.

Virtually all of Southern California was under flash flood advisories and watches, including the Los Angeles area, where between 5 and 10 inches (12.7 to 25.4 centimeters) of rain had fallen and ...

At lower elevations, the Southern California coasts and valleys can expect around 1 inch of rain from the storm through Wednesday, while the foothills could see up to 2 inches, forecasts show ...

In the “Doesn’t that beat all?” department, drought-ridden California recently got hit with a tropical storm. In a remarkable and rare occurrence, a hurricane actually bore down on southern ...

On Thursday, rain poured across the northern edge of the state, slowly moving south. Santa Rosa Airport saw 4.93 inches of rain, shattering its previous daily record of 0.93 inches in 2001.

They broke their old records of "trace" (greater than zero but too small to be measured), which were set in 1973 — the year after Albert Hammond released "It Never Rains in Southern California ...