Batten Down the Hatches

Batten Down the Hatches: Maintenance workers prepare for the biggest storm since 2011, as pedestrians walk by on a sunny Wednesday in the middle of a rainy week. The weather service said the second storm will be stronger and move across Southern California from late Thursday through late Saturday, reaching Los Angeles County early Friday morning with rainfall amounts ranging from 3-6 inches in the foothills, and up to 8 inches in localized areas. A so-called Pineapple Express storm brought rain and snow to California earlier this month, and when it departed, the Sierra Nevada snowpack had grown but was still only 29 percent of normal.