STORM DROPS LOTS OF RAIN, SNOW, PROMPTS RESCUES OF TWO DOGS.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick and Phillip W. Browne Staff Writers The Alaskan storm that swept across 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, on Wednesday set record rainfall levels and dumped up to 18 inches of snow on the San Gabriel Mountains San Gabriel Mountains, S Calif., E and NE of Los Angeles, running c.50 mi (80 km) westward from Cajon Pass. San Antonio Peak (10,080 ft/3,072 m) is the highest of the range. Citrus fruits are raised on the southern foothills. , allowing Mountain High ski area to open Wednesday for the first time ever in October. ``It's lots of powder, and it's snowing pretty hard right now,'' snowboarder Eric Rodebock, 20, of Lakewood said Wednesday afternoon at Mountain High. ``Right now it looks better than it did all last season, so I think it's going to be a good one.'' The second powerful storm of the season dumped 1.62 inches of rain 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 , setting a 100-year October record total of 4.55 inches. Previously, the heaviest rainfall recorded in October was 2.37 inches in 1987. The storm caused widespread street flooding, increased traffic accidents, water spouts off the coast of Malibu, power outages and prompted several rescues from storm channels, and the rescue of two dogs, one of which was televised live. Authorities received separate reports between 3:40 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. that two two dogs had been swept away in the river, Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman Brian Humphrey said. Firefighters stationed along the river spotted the first dog near Radford Avenue in Studio City, lowered a ladder and rescued it unharmed. In the televised rescue, the second dog was spotted in the river near the Lakeside Country Club The Lakeside Country Club is a hotel, entertainment and leisure complex in Frimley Green near Camberley in Surrey. It is most famous as being the venue of one version of the World Professional Darts Championship. in Toluca Lake. The dog, a purebred purebred progeny derived from at least several generations of animals of the same breed. purebred herds herds (or flocks) composed of purebred animals. Not necessarily registered animals. Distinct from crossbred herds. yellow Labrador, was trapped in water about 6 inches deep. A helicopter hoisted a member of the city's swift water rescue team and the dog onto the nearby golf course about 5:05 p.m. The rescue drew interest from several national news shows, Humphrey said, adding that the decision to conduct a risky rescue operation to save an animal is made on a case-by-case basis. ``It's driven by the situation,'' he said. ``We do our best to rescue animals, but if there were people to be rescued, the dogs would have had to wait.'' On freeways, the storm contributed to an increased number of traffic collisions, according to the California Highway Patrol. Between 4 p.m. Tuesday and 4 a.m. Wednesday, there were 307 collisions, compared to 108 during the same period two weeks ago when it was dry, the CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan said. One was a crash involving two big rigs at 3:45 a.m. Wednesday that prompted authorities to shut down lanes on the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. in Silver Lake for several hours. Also near Silver Lake, the nude body of a man was found in the Los Angeles River The Los Angeles River is an intermittent river flowing through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park in the west end of the San Fernando Valley, 51 miles (82 km) southeast to its mouth in Long Beach. near the 3000 block of Glendale Boulevard about 8:25 a.m., Humphrey said. The cause of death was unknown, but he could have been swept away by the rushing water. In Malibu, two water spouts appeared off the coast about noon, prompting forecasters to send warnings to boaters and surfers. And in several Los Angeles County communities, nearly 17,300 Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. customers lost power, said spokesman Tom Boyd. But the storm wasn't all headache and drama. Eighteen inches of snow fell overnight at Mountain High's 8,200-foot top on Blue Ridge and eight inches at the ski area's 6,600-foot base west of Wrightwood. Mountain High switched on its chairlifts at noon Wednesday. The ski area usually opens in mid-November, with Nov. 3 its previous earliest opening. Andrea Cavanaugh contributed to this report. Charles F. Bostwick, (661) 267-5741 chuck.bostwick(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos, chart Photo: (1) Members of the Pierce College women's soccer team paddle a canoe on their flooded soccer field Wednesday. From left are Leslie Goodman, Lindsey Noah, Berenice Vasquez and Ashlee Allen. Their coach says they call the field ``the pit'' because it's designed to hold water runoff from the student parking lot. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer (2) Erik Rodebock, 20, of Lakewood enjoys the fresh powder at Mountain High. John Lazar/Staff Photographer (3) A Labrador retriever Labrador retriever, breed of large sporting dog whose origins are obscure but whose immediate ancestors were developed in Newfoundland and brought to England in the early 1800s. It stands about 23 in. (58.4 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs between 60 and 75 lb (27. is rescued from the rain-swollen Los Angeles River by a firefighter and a helicopter. Mike Meadows/Special to the Daily News Chart: RAINFALL TOTALS |
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