Tourist Rene Ditton visits Chinatown on a rainy Tuesday afternoon. Cold, rain and snow are in the immediate forecast for Southern California. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A young man tosses a snowball at family members as snow begins to fall at Forest Falls Recreation Area in the San Bernardino National Forest on Tuesday. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Die-hard golfers brave the cold and rain to play a round at Yucaipa Valley Golf Club. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
A last bit of sun shines on an offshore oil platform off of Huntington Beach. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
A Joshua tree is silhouetted as clouds pass through Lancaster where snow is expected in the Antelope Valley as a storm is expected. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Mountain roads are becoming slick as as snow begins to fall on Valley of the Falls Drive in the San Bernardino National Forest Tuesday afternoon and by midnight the snow level will drop to 1,500 feet. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Clouds move into the Los Angeles basin Tuesday morning in a view from Lincoln Heights. (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)
As cold winter storm approaches Los Angeles raindrops began to appear on windshield on the 5 Freeway near Vernon. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Joshua trees are silhouetted as clouds pass through Lancaster where snow is expected in the Antelope Valley as a storm is expected. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Snow begins to fall at Forest Falls Recreation Area in the San Bernardino National Forest Tuesday afternoon and by midnight the snow level will drop to 1,500 feet in Forest Falls, Calif. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
