Late-season storm blows through Southern California

Juan Mora, a Kern County worker, installs a heavy chain on a snowplow on Mt. Pinos Road, which was closed at 6,000 feet because of heavy snow above Cuddy Valley.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

In very heavy rain, a man crosses Sunland Boulevard at Oro Vista Avenue in Sunland.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Samantha Kline, 3, carrying her ladybug umbrella, carefully makes her way through a puddle near her Huntington Beach home. She was out for a walk with her mother, Sherrie, and she was determined to get as wet as possible.  (Gary Ambrose / Los Angeles Times)

Ruzanna Armenakyan braves gusty winds and a heavy downpour in Sunland.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A man on a motorbike proceeds along flooded Oro Vista Avenue in Sunland.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Paul Jaffe and his canine companion, Fuji, cross inundated Oro Vista Avenue in Sunland.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

The white stuff blankets cars parked along Mt. Pinos Road, which was closed because of heavy snowfall.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)