The gentle overnight rains that swept through southern California early Saturday dropped nearly an inch of rain near downtown, more in the foothills, and made freeways treacherously slippery. The official rain gauge at USC measured .95 inches of rainfall by 5 a.
m. Rainfall also fell in the Hollywood Hills, with a gauge at the Bel Air Hotel receiving .96 inches, and the official Beverly Hills weather station getting .
95 inches. Leo Carrillo State Beach, just west of Malibu, received .92 inches of precipitation in a light, steady rain that started at 9 p.
m. Friday. ( 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc.
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