SNOW THREATENS MORE SHOWERS PREDICTED FOR WEEKEND.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Last-minute Christmas shoppers should keep their umbrellas on hand, with more rain predicted through the weekend in Santa Clarita. Thursday night's deluge Deluge (dĕl`y  j), in the Bible, the overwhelming flood that covered the earth and destroyed every living thing except the family of Noah and the creatures in his ark. - and snowfall in the mountains to the north - was the bulk of this third major storm of the season, with the National Weather Service predicting light rain today and intermittent showers on Sunday. Travelers were advised Friday to expect road closures through the weekend. Snowfall and ice on the road in Gorman closed the Golden State (5) Freeway from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m., said Officer Doug Sweeney of the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. . About eight inches of snow fell there. Surface streets also were hit by the overnight downpour. Mud and rockslides closed Bouquet Canyon Road, while sand and rocks hampered travel on Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling . City crews were kept busy clearing Sierra and Bouquet, monitoring flooding in Sand Canyon, removing trees in Valencia and Newhall downed by high winds, and replacing a chain-link fence that blew down at a construction site near the Valencia Town Center, spokeswoman Gail Ortiz said. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Tyree Packard, 12, and Chris May Chris May (b. 11 February 1980) is the guitarist from the rock band The Sisters of Mercy. He is also known as Chris Catalyst, or his facepaint nonsense industrial comedy alter-ego Robochrist. , 15, share a ride down Monterey Trail in Frazier Park on Friday after an overnight snowfall. (2 -- color) Interstate 5 cuts a swath through a snow-white wonderland Wonderland See also Heaven, Paradise, Utopia. Annwn land of joy and beauty without disease or death. [Welsh Lit.: Mabinogion] Atlantis fabulous and prosperous island; legendarily in Atlantic Ocean. [Gk. Myth. Friday near Frazier Park. The freeway was closed to traffic for about an hour because of the overnight snowfall. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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