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A Rainy Start to the First Day of Spring

Parts of Southern California were hit with record rainfall during the weekend. Wet weather is predicted to continue throughout the week.

Rain hit portions of Southern California hard Sunday, breaking records and leaving many without power as it continued into the first day of spring on Monday morning.

Downtown Los Angeles received 2.42 inches of rain Sunday, breaking a nearly 70-year record for the day since 1943 when the area got 1.48 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service. Santa Barbara airport saw 5.23 inches of rain.

Southern California had 96,000 electric customers out of power Sunday night. In Southern California Edison areas of L.A. and Orange County, many cities were hit hard: in L.A. with 1,392 customers out of power; Newport Beach 1,713; Inglewood 1,200; Long Beach 1,870; Compton 2,996; Redondo Beach 1,082; Santa Monica 3,183.

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Strong winds downed power lines, knocking out power in Rancho Palos Verdes and surrounding communities early Sunday evening. Heavy rains also caused some to lose power in the area.

SoCal Edison showed few outages for the Palos Verdes area by Monday morning.

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Palos Verdes Peninsula High School's phone system was down early Monday morning and back up by about 10 a.m.

Local weather for the week ahead seems like it could bring much of the same wet, rainy weather to PV. Monday will bring a 30 percent chance of storms, according to the National Weather Service. Tuesday could clear up with mostly sunny skies, the service reports, while forecasts for Wednesday through Friday show some chance of rain.

The weekend could feel a bit more like spring with highs in the low 60s and only a slight chance of rain on Saturday, the National Weather Service predicts.

Check out this article's photos for a map of power outages reported by Southern California Edison in Los Angeles County on Monday morning.

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