LOVELY SHOWER GIFTS THERE WERE BENEFITS FROM RECENT BIG RAINS.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer The latest in a seemingly never-ending string of storms was pushing 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. to its second-rainiest season in 121 years - and creating the lush green hillsides and gardens and spectacular displays of wildflowers. Downtown rainfall had totaled 34.51 inches as of 5 p.m. Friday, just shy of the 34.84 inches of the current No. 2 year, 1889-90. No. 1 is less than 4 inches away at 38.18, a record set in 1883-84. ``I think in all likelihood we will probably eclipse the No. 2 season,'' National Weather Service meteorologist David Sweet David S. Sweet (born June 24, 1957 in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian Member of Parliament who began serving his first term of office in January of 2006. He is a former CEO of Promise Keepers Canada. said Friday. Whether downtown's rainfall before July 1 will top the 38.18 mark is another matter. ``That would be a more sizable task,'' Sweet said. The repeated heavy storms since October are making Los Angeles look like someplace some·place adv. & n. Somewhere: "I didn't care where I was from so long as it was someplace else" Garrison Keillor. See Usage Note at everyplace. other than sunny California. Hillsides are emerald green rather than Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, brown. Garden plants This is a partial list of garden plants, plants that can be cultivated in the garden, listed alphabetically by genus. See also:
A : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ``You've got early bud in the trees and plants; they're growing lots of greenery,'' said nurseryman Richard Blaisdell at Sperling Nursery in Calabasas. ``Everything's looking beautiful with an early flowering.'' Even so, there's good news for Southern Californians who are tired of the wet weather. Just a slight chance of rain was forecast for this morning, although skies today and Sunday should remain partly cloudy Partly Cloudy is an industrial band based in Hollywood, California. Band members
A high-pressure ridge expected to set up over the West Coast should bring a warming trend next week, National Weather Service forecasters say. The ridge should send temperatures well above normal, perhaps even into the 80s by Tuesday and Wednesday. Forecasters said the warming pattern should hold through at least Friday. More rain, though, is still likely before summer arrives. Even if rainfall patterns are no more than average, forecasters say historic records show Los Angeles gets 4.34 inches from March through June. While the heavy rain brought mudslides, flooded streets and other problems, it is good for backyard gardens. ``It helps trees by washing the salt accumulation from past years of our alkaline water,'' said Blaisdell, a nurseryman for some 10 years at Sperling. The only downside for gardens, he said, is in poorly drained yards where the rain can create boggy conditions detrimental to bulbs and other nonthirsty plants. Wildflowers across Southern California mountains and deserts, from the Coachella Valley to the Antelope Valley to Death Valley, appear heading for the kind of show that comes once in 50 years. ``We've had so much rain, and it fell at the right time; it's going to be spectacular out there,'' said Sid Dutcher, an amateur botanist who coordinates wildflower wildflower Any flowering plant that grows without intentional human aid. Wildflowers are the source of all cultivated garden varieties of flowers. A wildflower growing where it is unwanted is considered a weed. sightings for Sun Valley-based Theodore Payne Foundation's wildflower hotline. The wildflower show is best right now at lower elevations, like the lower reaches of the Santa Monica Mountains The Santa Monica Mountains are a low transverse range in southern California in the United States. Geography They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. , Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, c.639 sq mi (1,655 sq km), S Calif., occupying most of E San Diego co. and neighboring portions of Riverside and Imperial cos.; est. 1933. in San Diego County, the Coachella Valley in Riverside County and southern Death Valley, which got record amounts of rain, Dutcher said. Wildflowers in the Antelope Valley, around Barstow and in other colder, higher spots will improve over coming weeks, he said. ``In about two weeks, it's going to be booming everywhere,'' Dutcher said. ``Pretty much everybody I talk to says, yeah, this is the year.'' HOW TO FIND FLOWERS Here are locations, phone numbers and Web sites to help locate wildflowers this spring around Southern California: --The Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve is located 15 miles west of the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. off Avenue I. Its visitor center will open today. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Admission is $5 per vehicle. Recorded information is available at (661) 724-1180. --The Theodore Payne Foundation  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . has a wildflower-report hotline for all of Southern California at (818) 768-3533. An online wildflower report is expected to be posted beginning next week at www.theodorepayne.org. --Kern County's wildflower hotline, sponsored by the Kern County Board of Trade, is at (800) 500-5376 (KERN). CAPTION(S): 4 photos, 2 boxes Photo: (1 -- color) A solitary wildflower rises from the more-than-adequately watered ground along Balboa and Foothill boulevards on Friday. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer (2 -- color) Haley Ho, 2, fumbles to hold onto her umbrella in a light rain in Palo Alto on Friday. Paul Sakuma/Associated Press (3 -- color) A poppy in Leona Valley gets a drink of rainwater, just in time for the opening of the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve The Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve is a California wildlife reserve located in the rural westside of the Antelope Valley in northern Los Angeles County. Constitutionally, it is a state park. Its namesake is the state flower, the California Poppy. . Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer (4 -- color) Dodgers fans Erick De Los Santos De Los Santos is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning of the saints.
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