Photos: Rain in Southern California

Rosa Angela Paradiso, left, and her sister Maria Paradiso, from Italy, spend a moment in the rain on Venice Beach.

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May 14, 2015 2:47 PM PT

An unseasonably cold storm brings rain to Southern California.

Fifth-graders from Wilbur Avenue Elementary in Tarzana run with some parents across Main Street.

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Crystal Martin takes shelter under an umbrella as she walks along Melrose Avenue on Friday morning during a late-season storm.

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

A man in downtown walks past LAPD headquarters and a reflection of City Hall on a drizzly Friday morning.

(Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Deon Bush a water restoration specialist looks through the clouded windows of a clothing store in the 7000 block of Melrose Ave. and Vista St. after rain flooded the business overnight.

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Bundled against the cold under gray skies, third-graders from Santa Monica Boulevard Charter School in East Hollywood join hundreds of others Thursday during the 22nd annual Kids Ocean Day Adopt-a-Beach Cleanup at Dockweiler State Beach.

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Third-grader Raed Alarce from Hancock Park Elementary School has an umbrella ready for rain as 3,500 Los Angeles schoolchildren, teachers and volunteers pick up trash Thursday during the 22nd annual Kids Ocean Day Adopt-a-Beach Cleanup at Dockweiler State Beach.

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Rain drops frame a lifeguard tower in Newport Beach amid intermittent showers.

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Pedestrians walk past a storefront church on Hoover Street.

(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Pedestrians protect themselves from the rain while crossing Temple and Main in downtown Los Angeles.

(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

A tow truck operator uprights a pickup that rolled over during intermittent rain showers in Huntington Beach.

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Beach-goers run across the beach amid rain showers in Huntington Beach as rain blankets Southern California Thursday, May 14, 2015.

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Becky Goggins, left, and Melinda Henkel try to stay dry under a collapsed umbrella in downtown Glendora while out for lunch Thursday.

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As clouds roll in, 3,500 Los Angeles schoolchildren, teachers and volunteers pick up trash Thursday during the 22nd annual Kids Ocean Day Adopt-a-Beach Cleanup at Dockweiler State Beach.

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)