Southern California residents were given brief respite on Christmas Eve from a severe winter storm that brought flash floods, disrupted traffic and prompted evacuations in some fire areas in the area.
The rain gave way to mostly sunny skies in the Los Angeles area early Friday, with scattered showers expected in the area by the afternoon. Thursday’s storm dropped more than an inch and a half of rain in downtown Los Angeles, devastating much of southern California.
Shoppers could reach the malls, beachgoers enjoyed the sun breaking through the clouds, even the vice president made it into town avoiding the raindrops.
Vice President Kamala Harris greets Firefighter Adam Corcuera with an elbow bump at Los Angeles Fire Station 94 in Crenshaw on Christmas Eve. Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff thanked the first responders for their service and brought them holiday greetings along with two boxes of donuts.
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Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff greet firefighters at Los Angeles Fire Department Station 94 in the Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles on Friday.
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Rebecca and Michael Steele of Washington, DC, take a selfie in front of a sea of ornaments decorating a Christmas tree on Christmas Eve on the Universal City Walk.
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Sid Lindenbaum, 78, dressed as Santa Claus, blows soap bubbles on the Santa Monica Pier on Christmas Eve. He has been dressed like Santa Claus since 1995 and blows soap bubbles on the Santa Monica Pier every Christmas Eve. He lives in Venice and is known as “The Venice Bubbleman”.
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Archbishop Jose H. Gomez will preside over Family Mass on Christmas Eve at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles.
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The children’s choir sings during Family Mass on Christmas Eve at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles.
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Raymond Allen Greer, dressed as Santa Claus, is handing out backpacks filled with warm clothing and other items from Humanity Hero’s during Operation Feed Skid Row on Friday in Los Angeles.
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Travelers arriving at LAX wait for transportation from the airport on Christmas Eve. Thousands of flights worldwide have been canceled because of the Omicron variant.
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LAX travelers will receive coronavirus tests on LAX on Friday.
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People are playing in the surf as a storm rolls by in Santa Monica on Christmas Eve.
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