Good morning, SoCal. Here's what you need to know today.

Your Weather Planner

Don't forget to grab a thicker jacket, umbrella and other rain gear. Today's the day for SoCal to finally get some rain, wind and high surf.

Plan for about four to six hours of rain starting late morning in Ventura County and slowly making its way south in the afternoon through Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties.

As a cold front moves through, it'll get windy for everyone especially over the mountains where gusts could exceed 50 mph.  Temperatures will be around 10 to 20 degrees cooler than yesterday.   

SoCal will be experiencing the effects of a weakening Atmospheric river type storm. These storms, which tap into significant tropical moisture, have been pummeling Central and Northern California since late Saturday — causing flooding, landslides and some debris flows over burn areas.   

Roadway flooding, minor debris flows and rockslides in canyon roads are possible here in SoCal along with dangerous surf.

Mountain cities will get mostly rain with only a dusting of snow or a slushy mix possible above 8,000 feet.  

Tomorrow, conditions will be dry, sunny and warmer.

Get your 7-day forecast: LA West | LA East | San Fernando Valley/Ventura County | Orange County

 

Around SoCal

1. Burbank vigil held for cinematographer killed on New Mexico movie set

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was remembered Sunday evening at a candlelight vigil in Burbank as a creative visionary, whose life was tragically cut short.

The remembrance was held at 6 p.m. Sunday at the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 80 headquarters, 2520 W. Olive Ave., where mourners gathered to grieve and share stories.

Hutchins, who was 42, was killed when actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a New Mexico movie set on Thursday.

She is survived by her husband, Matthew, and son, Andros.

Speakers included John Lindley, president of Local 600; Mike Miller, vice president of IATSE; and Stephen Lighthill, a director of photography who mentored Hutchins at the American Film Institute, among others, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Lighthill praised his mentee, noting her upbringing in a remote area of the former Soviet Union, then cautioned about the need to discuss exhaustion for below-the-line workers in the industry, saying "We need to start working normal days, so we can have normal family lives," according to the report. He added that a dialogue needs to take place regarding functional guns on sets. "There is no place for weapons that can kill on a motion picture set."

2. Crew member who gave Baldwin gun subject of prior complaint

A crew member says she has raised safety concerns in the past about the assistant director who authorities say unwittingly handed actor Alec Baldwin the prop gun that killed a cinematographer on a film set.

In a statement, Maggie Goll, a prop maker and licensed pyrotechnician, said that she filed an internal complaint with the executive producers of Hulu's "Into the Dark" series in 2019 over concerns about assistant director Dave Halls' behavior on set. Goll said in a phone interview Sunday that Halls disregarded safety protocols for weapons and pyrotechnics and tried to continue filming after the supervising pyrotechnician lost consciousness on set.

This week's fatal shooting and some of her previous experiences point to larger safety issues that need to be addressed, Goll said, adding that crew member safety and wellbeing are top issues in ongoing contract negotiations between a union that represents film and TV workers and a major producers' group.

Goll said in her email that Halls' behavior on set had concerned her in the past.

She said that, during work on "Into the Dark," Halls didn't hold safety meetings and consistently failed to announce the presence of a firearm on set to the crew, as is protocol. The assistant prop master admonished Halls several times for dismissing the actors before they had returned weapons to the props table, she said.

"This situation is not about Dave Halls. ... It's in no way one person's fault," she said. "It's a bigger conversation about safety on set and what we are trying to achieve with that culture."

3. Lakers get first win of the season by holding off Memphis in final seconds

It looked like there would be so much to decipher, so much to discern toward the end of another Lakers game.

This time, though, the tension dissolved after the Lakers fended off the Memphis Grizzlies, 121-118, Sunday at Staples Center.

Grizzlies guard Ja Morant scored 40 points but missed the third of three free throws with 1.9 seconds left to allow the fun to return on the Lakers’ side after home losses to Golden State and Phoenix added a hint of unexpected pressure to the start of their season.

Carmelo Anthony turned back the clock with a 28-point effort, making six of eight from three-point range to give the Lakers’ offense a jump start off the bench.

He also carved out a small piece of history with a three-pointer in the third quarter that pushed him past Moses Malone for ninth place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.

“Carmelo Anthony was awesome tonight. He didn’t crawl up to that milestone. He blew the doors off it,” Lakers Coach Frank Vogel said. “He’s got a lot left in the tank and he’s really going to help us this year.”

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A mission to shake up the education world: 'Kids are more than a score'

Meredith Scott Lynn was wildly smart in school growing up, but she struggled when it came to test-taking.

Lynn quickly threw herself into her creativity and found her way to self-acceptance through writing and acting. Because of her low SAT scores, Lynn wasn't able to go to the colleges she wanted.

"I said, 'So the measure of who I am as a whole human is going to boil down to this test score? That doesn't make sense,'" she said.

Lynn would become a celebrated film and television actor, known for her roles in "Legally Blonde" and "Days of Our Lives."

In this episode of "LA Stories," Lynn opens up to host Giselle Fernandez about the pivot her career took.

SoCal Snapshot

Ray Liotta arrives at the Newport Beach Film Festival 2021 Festival Honors Sunday at Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)