Major storm barrels into California: ‘Every field is a big lake’

Umbrellas come out as a steady rain falls at 7th Street and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday night.

(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Dec. 15, 2016 7:27 PM PT

The storm is expected to drop 1 to 3 inches of rain in Southern California by Friday.

Mayor Eric Garcetti talks with homeless residents in an encampment near the Sepulveda Basin in Encino, warning them of the coming rain.

(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

A Tamalpais High School student paddles his kayak through a flooded area along U.S. Highway 101 in Mill Valley.

(Eric Risberg / Associated Press)

A flooded parking lot in Mill Valley.

(Eric Risberg / Associated Press)

Traffic makes its way in heavy rain across the Golden Gate Bridge south of Sausalito.

(Eric Risberg / Associated Press)

Rain on Hyde Street in San Francisco.

(Eric Risberg / Associated Press)

A crew works on a flooded intersection in San Francisco.

(Jeff Chiu / Associated Press)