SOUTHLANDERS NOW FACE THE AFTERMATH.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer Southern Californians doffed their slickers as the skies cleared Tuesday and worked to clean up a torrent of muck and debris after a two-week siege of storms that killed at least 19 people. Work crews fanned out across 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. and surrounding cities to fill potholes, clear trees, clean storm drains, move mud and aid residents stranded by floods. Authorities dynamited a massive boulder blocking Topanga Canyon Boulevard, but only managed to blast a chunk out of it so they will try again today. All across the region spirits soared as the sun finally dawned on 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. after five days of steady rain. ``It's nice to finally see the sun again,'' said Michael Bulatowicz, 25, of Castaic, wolfing down a gyro wrap with co-workers outside a hot dog stand A hot dog stand is a food business stand that sells hot dogs, usually from an external counter on a public thoroughfare such as a road, street, mall or food court. in Woodland Hills. ``I'm going to the driving range.'' Early Tuesday, Los Angeles recorded a scant 0.16 inches, ending a series of storms that dropped 22.51 inches on 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 over the last two weeks - five times the seasonal average. Forecasters predicted blue skies for weeks. ``No rain through (Monday); we could see a storm toward the latter part of the month,'' said Stuart Seto of the National Weather Service in Oxnard. Six storms hit 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, since Dec. 27, dropping 16.63 inches, and making the season one of the wettest on record. It is also one of the deadliest, taking the lives of at least 19 people, including an unidentified man whose body was found Tuesday in Topanga Canyon. While clear skies Clear Skies could refer to:
About 30 families remained stranded in the hills above Big Tujunga Canyon as floodwaters cut off their only access. Many said they played Monopoly, or baked cookies, to pass the time. ``It looked like the Rio Grande Rio Grande, city, Brazil Rio Grande (rē`  grän`dĭ), city (1991 pop. yesterday; it's amazing how
powerful it was,'' said Harold Garrett.
In Saugus, dozens of residents remained stranded in Bouquet Canyon as floodwaters washed away additional chunks of road. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
City officials had no damage estimate, but county public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. officials estimated damage at $30 million in unincorporated areas and estimated it'll take months to repair the roads. ``There are a lot of dangerous conditions out there,'' board Chairwoman Gloria Molina Gloria Molina is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and the current chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.[1] Molina grew up as one of ten children in the Los Angeles suburb of Pico Rivera, California, U.S. said. ``I'm concerned we'll have traffic pileups because of the amount of damage to the roads.'' Dozens of county parks, from Lake Los Angeles to Castaic, remained closed. In Los Angeles, crews worked to clear streets for emergency vehicles and mounted a ``pothole pothole, in geology, cylindrical pit formed in the rocky channel of a turbulent stream. It is formed and enlarged by the abrading action of pebbles and cobbles that are carried by eddies, or circular water currents that move against the main current of a stream. blitz'' to fill an estimated 25,000 divots caused by the storms. Sanitation workers also finished clearing curbside catch basins clogged by storm debris. On the tail of the deluge, the Tillman Reclamation Plant processed 155 million gallons of wastewater Monday, twice its normal flow. The Sepulveda Basin remained closed because of standing water, although police reopened Burbank Boulevard, a shortcut (1) In Windows, a shortcut is an icon that points to a program or data file. Shortcuts can be placed on the desktop or stored in other folders, and double clicking a shortcut is the same as double clicking the original file. for commuters. At Griffith Park, workers cleared brush, mud and downed trees in order to reopen the park as early as Thursday. The Los Angeles Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. remained open. At Hansen Dam Golf Course, the only links in the San Fernando Valley open to the public, golfers flocked to the greens for the first dry round since Thursday - despite being forced to walk the 3.8-mile course. ``They're excited,'' said Chuck Ruiz of the Hansen Dam Pro Shop. ``Everybody's pretty happy today.'' Los Angeles traffic cops returned to their motorcycles. Postal workers were visibly relieved at the newborn sun. ``It was a mess - everything wet, the mail wet, I'm wet,'' said Sunny Thai, a postman in Woodland Hills. ``We've had enough.'' Staff Writers Troy Anderson, Alex Dobuzinskis, Rick Orlov and Amy Raisin Darvish contributed to this report. Dana Bartholomew, (818) 713-3730 dana.bartholomew(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) Larry Mosler examines results of a series of explosions Tuesday that broke off part of a giant boulder blocking Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Topanga Canyon. Authorities will set off more explosives today to try to clear the boulder from the road leading from the Pacific Ocean to the San Fernando Valley. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer (2 -- 3) A horse named Cloud, above, awaits rescue Tuesday from a flooded creek in Malibu. Below, residents of Riverwood Ranch in Tujunga look at water-covered Oro Vista Avenue. The rushing torrent has trapped them, and an L.A. city firetruck, for several days. Randy Swiggum/Special to the Daily News Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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