Olive Garden introducing smaller portions

Darden Restaurants will roll out a new lighter portion entrées menu at all Olive Garden locations in January, the company announced during its quarterly earnings call Thursday.

Holiday travel rush begins Saturday

According to the Auto Club of Southern California, the anticipated number of travelers is a 2.8% increase from last year's volume of 9.9 million SoCal travelers. 

Christmas storm headed toward SoCal

Rain chances increase across Southern California on Tuesday, with Ventura County at 50% and Los Angeles County at 40%. The entire region is likely to be soaked by Tuesday evening, the NWS said.