Freezing rain and colder temperatures are coming to the Myrtle Beach area, but it will likely be spared the worst of this winter weather, forecasters said.

This year’s annual ‘Restaurant Week South Carolina’ has a full line-up of 16 Grand Strand restaurants, including 1129 Shine, who is participating for the first time. The event is 11 days long, going from Thursday to Jan.

Flying south through smoky skies down the famous Malibu coast, at first the burnt-out mansions are the exception -- solitary wrecks, smoldering away between rows of intact, gleaming beachfront villas.