Photos: Winter storm hits northern California, heads south
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A powerful storm that has already hit northern California could bring up to 3 inches of rain over coastal areas of southern California and up to 5 inches in the foothills and mountains, forecasters say.
The weather system hit northern California on Sunday with up to 10 feet of snow at higher elevations before moving south.
A drenched homeless camp in Santa Cruz.
(Nic Coury / Associated Press)
A snow plow clears fresh snow around the Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort.
(Peter Morning / Mammoth Mountain Ski Area)
Nate and Erin Duke visit San Buenaventura State Beach in Ventura, where they tied the knot six months ago.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
People skate at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Pedestrians cross Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
A California Highway Patrol officer clears a downed tree blocking a road in Carmel Valley, California.
(Nic Coury / Associated Press)
Winds knocked down Christmas decorations in Carmel Valley, California.
(Nic Coury / Associated Press)
Heavy rain falls on the Bixby Bridge along Route 1 near Big Sur.
(Nic Coury / Associated Press)
A flooded homeless camp in Santa Cruz.
(Nic Coury / Associated Press)
Christmas lights line the trees as a pedestrian walks in the rain in San Francisco.
(Jeff Chiu / Associated Press)
Rain in San Francisco.
(Brontë Wittpenn / Chronicle of San Francisco)
âWe expect heavier rain after midnight Monday for Los Angeles and through Tuesday morning,â said Mike Wofford, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service at Oxnard.
One to 3 feet of snow is expected in the mountains above 7,000 feet, with a few inches possible as low as 4,500 feet.
Fresh snow surrounds a ski lift in Truckee, Calif., Monday.
(Shannon Buhler / Northstar Ski Resort)
In this image taken from a Caltrans remote video traffic camera, a truck winds its way through the snow along Interstate 80 in Donner Summit, Calif., On Monday.
(Caltrans)
Snow is cleared along a street in Mammoth Lakes during heavy snowfall Thursday. A second, much more violent winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Sunday.
(Dakota Snider / Associated Press)
A plane takes off Thursday from Long Beach airport under heavy clouds.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Rain clouds drift over Signal Hill on Thursday.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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