Snow in California Surprises and Delights

A uncommon and highly effective winter storm sweeping the West Coast is battering areas unaccustomed to snow and wintry combine, bringing elements of Portland, Ore., to a halt earlier than transferring south towards California. The numerous precipitation, starting from rain to snow to graupel, a slushier model of snow, was met with a mixture of misery and marvel: Whiteout situations shuttered roads within the mountains and stranded drivers, whereas seashores in areas like Santa Cruz, Calif., acquired a light-weight dusting.

Situations had been anticipated to worsen by way of Friday with robust winds and heavy snow over the Sierra Nevada and the Transverse Ranges in Southern California. Officers are additionally involved about flooding throughout Ventura and Los Angeles counties. However Californians appeared for delight — and snowballs — the place they might.

Friday, Feb. 24

A snow-covered highway in Angwin, Calif.

Sweeping away the rainwater in entrance of a store alongside the Venice Seaside Boardwalk in Los Angeles.

A part of Mount Tamalpais State Park, simply north of the Golden Gate Bridge, was closed for snow. The park warned of sleet and slick trails.

The Hollywood signal is seen by way of clouds in Los Angeles. Meteorologists reported snow or graupel falling close to the signal, a uncommon sight.

Atziel Guzman, proper, performed within the snow together with his father, Rafael Guzman, in Angwin, Calif., in Napa County.

A dusting of snow on vineyards in Calistoga within the Napa Valley.

Thursday, Feb. 23

A snow-covered highway within the Angeles Nationwide Forest close to La Cañada Flintridge, Calif.

A resident snowboarding at Russian Ridge Open House Protect, a nature protect in San Mateo County, Calif.

A flurry of snow fell on properties within the San Bernardino Mountains.

Folks strolling alongside a snow-covered stretch of Twin Lakes State Seaside in Santa Cruz, Calif.

A snow plow truck driving alongside the Angeles Forest Freeway close to La Cañada Flintridge.