Rain in the Southland

A lone structure still stands on a Station fire-charred hillside along Big Tujunga Road in the Angeles National Forest after recent storms moved through. Tarp was placed near the structure to prevent sliding. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Dec. 12, 2009 12 AM PT

Tujunga resident Constainto Totalca sweeps small rocks off Haines Canyon Avenue in one day after a series of storms moved through the area. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Pedestrians at the Seal Beach Pier are reflected in a puddle from recent rain showers. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Angeles Crest Highway was closed Saturday as another rainstorm pounded Southern California. About 90 vehicles were reported stuck in the mud along a 12-mile stretch of the road. The National Weather Service issued a flash-flood warning for the Station fire burn area in the San Gabriel Mountains. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Michael Hayden of Los Angeles County Public Works keeps the 5000 block of Rock Castle Drive clean from mud flows in La Cañada Flintridge, downhill from one of the areas burned in this year’s Station fire. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A statue of Buddha sits on the hillside overlooking K rails lined up along the 5000 block of Rock Castle Drive in La Cañada Flintridge to protect the neighborhood from the threat of landslides. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A jackknifed truck, one of many rain-related road accidents, jams traffic in southbound lanes of Interstate 5 in Santa Clarita. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Jack Freer, 10, makes a flying catch in La Cañada Flintridge. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Bob Jamieson, 59, cleans up rocks in front of his mother-in-law’s home on Canyonside Road in La Crescenta. He said flow of debris down the street sounded like a “loud river.” (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)