Wet day in Southland

An Alaska Airlines gate manager at Orange County’s John Wayne Airport lends a sympathetic ear as passengers learn that all flights to Portland and Seattle have been canceled because of heavy snow in the Pacific Northwest. Flights may not resume for several days. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Dec. 22, 2008 12:24 PM PT

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Florentina Huttle, of Rancho Cucamonga, waits for over two hours for a new flight from LAX to Seattle after her Monday morning flight was canceled due to weather in Washington. (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A sinkhole, nearly one lane wide, formed on a residential street in Arcadia this morning after a break in a water main led to flooding. Residents in the 100 block of West Orange Grove Avenue reported gushing water on their street at 1 a.m., police said. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Dozens of people line up to buy their Christmas chickens as a light rain falls at the VIP Fish Market on Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Diana Zavalo and dog Freska take a walk along Morton Street in Echo Park. Freska is staying relatively dry, thanks to her post-operation cone. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)