California Conservation Corpsmen try to clear a mudflow that is perched precariously over a home on Skyland Drive in Sierra Madre. A river of mud and water more than three feet deep flowed around the house and onto the street below. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Mud buries trash containers on Skyland Drive in Sierra Madre. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
The fast-moving mudflows in Sierra Madre were created when heavy rain soaked hillsides that were burned last year by wildfires. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Ismael Mendoza, 20, lost control of his car on the wet road in Oxnard, slamming into a fire hydrant off Auto Center Drive before crashing into two new cars at a Honda dealership. He was not injured. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
The Schermerhorn family of Bellflower plays catch on the sand in Seal Beach as a storm moves in. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
The desperately needed storm hits Southern California after one of the driest Januarys on record. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
A pedestrian trudges through the rain along Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles County flood maintenance workers clean up a mud slide resulting from recent rain in Sierra Madre. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
A car makes its way through standing water in Sun Valley. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
A pedestrian uses a bag to stay dry in downtown Los Angeles. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Heidi Kokkinos, left, shares an umbrella with her daughter Kristine. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Umbrellas pop up as the rain begins to fall along La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Minerva Aller-de la Fuentas, in a makeshift raincoat, wipes the rain from her eyes in Beverly Hills as she joins a few hundred people marching in support of the Employee Free Choice Act, labor’s biggest goal for the Obama administration. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Pedestrians huddle during a downpour at the corner of Cahuenga Boulevard and Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
The storm dampens the commute along 3rd Street in Los Angeles. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
