LIGHT STORM MAKES FOR WET DAY L.A. STILL WELL BELOW AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL.Byline: David R. Baker and Dominic Berbeo Staff Writers Light showers from a cool northwestern storm drifted through Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Sunday, but left the region still far behind in annual rainfall. Only .02 inches of rain fell in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or by late Sunday afternoon, bringing the season's total up to 1.46 inches, according to the National Weather Service. That's less than one -fifth the average total of 7.73 inches by this date. Despite the slick roads, the California Highway Patrol reported a quiet day on the freeways, with few accidents. So too did the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Traffic Division of the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . . The rain made for a wet hike for some Getty Center guests Sunday after the tram shuttling visitors to the hill-top museum broke down. Although buses managed to take care of most guests, some ended up hoofing it in the rain. Lori Starr, director of public affairs for the Getty Center, said the tram had been hit by a mechanical failure. She was unsure when the tram would be back in operation. The rain was expected to taper off Sunday night, with just a twenty percent chance of scattered showers lingering into the morning. By this afternoon, the rain should give way to breezy conditions with highs in the mid-60s. The next chance of rain could come on Wednesday night or Thursday morning with the arrival of another storm from the Gulf of Alaska Noun 1. Gulf of Alaska - a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world . But Weather Service Meteorologist David Sweet said it probably wouldn't break the pattern of weak storms hitting Southern California. ``It doesn't look very wet,'' he said. ``Just a quick shot of rain followed by wind.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Patrons of the J. Paul Getty Jean Paul Getty (December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American industrialist and founder of the Getty Oil Company. Biography Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, into a family already in the petroleum business, he was one of the first people in the world with a Museum walk in the rain to their cars past a stalled tram Sunday. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer |
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