A pedestrian uses a bag to stay dry in downtown Los Angeles. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles County flood maintenance workers clean up a mud slide resulting from recent rain in Sierra Madre. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Heidi Kokkinos, left, shares an umbrella with her daughter Kristine. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
A cars makes it way through standing water in Sun Valley. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)