The weekend’s rainfall will not be a very powerful storm, but rather showers, bringing between one quarter to a half inch of rain across Orange County and the inland region, Tardy said. Los Angeles is only expecting one-tenth of an inch, meteorologist Lisa Phillips said.

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Parched Southern California could get some badly needed rain this weekend to dampen the prospects of another round of deadly wildfires