Los Angeles’ first significant storm of the season arrived Sunday night, bringing with it intense lightning, rolling thunder, hail and the increased potential for road hazards and debris flows.
Southern California mountain resorts came alive this after the storms on Sunday and Monday dropped as much as 2 feet of snow on local slopes. The new powder enticed skiers and snowboarders but added risk and delays on mountain roads, with waits of two hours or more reported Tuesday on the route to Mt. Baldy in the San Gabriel Mountains.
San Bernardino Mountains
With the local ski area sold out and the parking lot full, Dorian Ashmore, 20, of Vista, snowboards Tuesday in the backcountry with friends in some fresh snow near Big Bear Lake.
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Store owner Adam Hurlbut shovels snow Tuesday in front of the Sugar Mountain gift store in Running Springs, Calif., after nearly a foot of snow fell in the San Bernardino Mountains.
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Tina Lewis, of Fullerton, sleds Tuesday with friends in fresh snow in the San Bernardino Mountains near Big Bear Lake.
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A car parked along Highway 18 in Running Springs, Calif., is covered in snow Tuesday after nearly a foot of snow fell in the San Bernardino Mountains.
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Long Beach
Snow-covered mountains are seen Tuesday from the Peninsula in Long Beach.
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Traffic is light in downtown Long Beach on a rainy Monday night.
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Motorists navigate a flooded section of Atlantic Avenue in Long Beach on a rainy Monday.
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San Pedro
A rainbow glows above Ft. MacArthur between bands of rain on Monday in San Pedro.
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Raindrops capture reflections of palm trees in San Pedro on Monday.
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Santa Monica
A pathway near the beach in Santa Monica.
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Gerardo Molina of Los Angeles shields himself from the rain while walking at Palisades Park in Santa Monica.
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Redondo Beach
Antonio Sanchez continues fishing.
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Antonio Sanchez, 33, of Torrance fishes in the rain at Redondo Beach Pier on Monday.
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Parting shot
Clouds drift over the L.A. Basin as rain falls during the last storm of the year in a view from the Griffith Observatory.
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