Camarillo High School will honor one of its most successful alumni when it retires the No. 24 jersey of Jaime Jaquez Jr. later this month.

Jaquez, who starred for the Scorpions before playing at UCLA and now the Miami Heat, will be in town for his squad’s matchups with the Los Angeles Clippers on Jan. 13 and Lakers on Jan. 15, bookending his Jan. 14 jersey retirement ceremony, as reported by the Los Angeles Times.

Jaquez, 23, finished his Bruins career as one of the 10 best in school history in points, steals and games played, and he helped lead the team to a Final Four berth in 2021.

He left school in 2023 and was a first-round draft pick for the Heat, for whom he’s averaged 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1 steal per game up to this point in the 2024-25 season, his second as a pro.

A homicide investigation is underway after a man was found with a fatal gunshot wound in the city of Paramount Wednesday morning.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was notified of the discovery in the area of the 710 Freeway and Rosecrans Avenue just before 2 a.m.

“The victim was pronounced deceased at the scene by Los Angeles County Fire paramedics,” the Sheriff’s Department stated.

Authorities confirmed the victim was a man but did not provide any further details about his age or identity.

There was also no immediate word on a possible motive for the shooting or a description of any suspect or suspects.

Anyone with information was asked to call the Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Those who prefer to provide information anonymously can contact Crime Stoppers by dialing 800-222-8477.

Los Angeles will end the year shattering records after enduring one of its driest periods in history, a result of La Niña’s lingering effects, weather officials said.

Despite beginning the year with historic rainfall levels, an extended dry spell has covered Southern California since spring, bringing severe drought conditions that have fueled several large wildfires in recent months.

In the downtown L.A. metro area, from May 6 to Dec. 31, the area only received 0.16″ of rain, making this seven-month stretch the second driest in L.A. history, according to data from the National Weather Service.

The only period that topped this dry stretch was in 1962 when the downtown area received only 0.14 inches during the same seven-month span.

The driest periods recorded for the downtown L.A. metro area from May 6 to Dec. 31:

During a La Niña year, winter temperatures are warmer than normal in the south and cooler than normal in the north. The phenomenon can have global impacts on weather, wildfires, ecosystems and more, according to NWS.

“During La Niña events, trade winds are even stronger than usual, pushing more warm water toward Asia,” NWS explained. “Off the west coast of the Americas, upwelling increases, bringing cold, nutrient-rich water to the surface. These cold waters in the Pacific push the jet stream northward and tend to lead to drought in the southern U.S. and heavy rains and flooding in the Pacific Northwest and Canada.”

In recent years, the weather pattern has brought severe drought conditions to Southern California, fostering dangerous conditions for wildfires.

In the coming new year, a chance to break the dry spell may arrive soon with a potential storm system headed for California around New Year’s Day or in the first week of January, according to Todd Hall, a senior meteorologist at the NWS offices in L.A. and Oxnard.