Photos:: Stormy weather creates havoc

Snow covers vehicles in a parking lot in Mammoth Lakes.

Snow covers vehicles in a parking lot in Mammoth Lakes.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Jorge Gaydam digs out his truck in a parking lot.

A plow removes snow from state Highway 203 in Mammoth Lakes.

Snow blankets the Sierra Nevada crest north of Bishop along U.S. Highway 395 in Round Valley.

The first of three successive winter storms passes over the 405 Freeway in Long Beach on Thursday.

Visiting from Santa Maria, sisters Marely, Valerie and Naomi wait with their mom, Lydia Martinez, on Spring Street in Los Angeles.

Light rain is falling across Southern California this morning with more expected throughout the day and weekend, making for a soggy commute on First Street in downtown Los Angeles.

Maile Pacheco holds walks bull terrier dog in downtown Los Angeles.

A truck crashed through the on-ramp to the Freeway 60 West from Interstate 15 South, snarkling traffic in Ontario.

A ray of light washes over a beachcomber in Santa Monica.

A bicyclist makes his way through a rain-slick tunnel under the Santa Monica Pier.

Tom Van Oosterhout and his mother Marleen Luwaert play a game of volleyball in Santa Monica.

Alexander Sharone looks out over gray skies from an observation portal in Tongva Park in Santa Monica.

Cousins Uthai Chokchaiwong from left, Chern Wu, Michael Wu and Kelvin Wu walk in Santa Monica.

LAFD paramedics assist a man after he was rescued by a swift water team from an island in the L.A. River.

LAFD paramedics assist a man after he was rescued by a swift water team from an island in the L.A. River.

Joe Johnson clears the snow from a neighbor’s driveway near Kyburz, Calif., on Tuesday.  (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

Rain falls in downtown L.A.

Rain falls in downtown L.A.

Crews from Redondo Beach Public Works repair and replace a section of damaged and deteriorated storm drain pipe on Ford Avenue.

Rain falls in downtown L.A.