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Chain controls remain in effect on I-80, Highway 50 in Northern California as snow continues
Chain controls have been in effect on both Highway 50 and Interstate 80 in the Sierra since Wednesday and remain up as of Friday morning. Drivers were urged to avoid traveling up the mountain for the time being.
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Winter storm buries Wrightwood, drenches SoCal: ‘All it is is rock and mud,’ resident says
At the Pacoima Wash in San Fernando, a person called 911 to report seeing a woman in the fast-moving waters, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. Crews were using markers to try to find the woman, who was wearing all black and traveling at 25 miles per hour in three feet of water. They did not find her.
On Friday at 11:44 a.m. the NWS Sacramento CA issued a winter storm warning in effect until 10 p.m. The warning is for Shasta Lake and Mountains Southwestern Shasta County to Western Colusa County as well as Shasta County.
The the region's latest atmospheric storm dumped 6 inches of rain in the Los Angeles area with up to 18 inches of rain in the mountains.
More than 122 million Americans are expected to travel at least 50 miles for Christmas and New Year's holidays this year.
A powerful Christmas storm is dumping rain across Southern California, putting at-risk communities on alert and prompting evacuation warnings.