A small plane crashed into a residential area of southern California in the middle of the night, police said on Thursday, smashing into houses and setting multiple cars ablaze. TV footage showed rows of cars burned to blackened shells and at least one house suffering major destruction in the San Diego neighborhood of low-rise homes.

Southern California is expected to experience a rise in temperatures and clearer skies around Memorial Day weekend, with some inland areas potentially setting records for daily high temperatures.

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Lingering debris from the Palisades fire and marine mammals sickened by toxic algae remain a concern, but there is a bright spot with water quality this summer.

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The fire was reported around 2:45 p.m. Friday on the 17700 block of San Pasqual Valley Road, according to Cal Fire. The fire burned near San Pasqual Academy. The fire had burned nearly 50 acres, but firefighters stopped the forward rate of spread by 6 p.m. Friday.