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He was accused last year of luring two women into his van for camping trips in the San Gabriel Mountains, only to sexually assault them in the secluded forest along Highway 39, according to court records and a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department news release.

He said some areas in and around the San Gabriel Mountains could see some gusty winds over the next few days, which can exacerbate fire concerns — though they haven’t yet risen to the concern for a red flag warning and aren’t the Santa Ana wind pattern.

The sun was creeping over the San Gabriel Mountains, shining like death off the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

The Rim of the Valley corridor is a noncontiguous area that stretches from the Simi Hills and Santa Susana Mountains to the Verdugo and the San Gabriel mountains, creating a “green belt” that encircles the San Fernando, Crescenta, Santa Clarita, Simi and Conejo valleys.

In the Los Angeles area, storms gathered around the San Gabriel Mountains in the morning before descending into urban areas and traveling southwest across the region and along the coast, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Ryan Kittell.